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Andy Murray to play Lorenzo Sonego in first round of Cinch Championship at Queen's

Andy Murray to face Italy's Lorenzo Sonego in the first round at Queen's; British No 1 Cameron Norrie takes on Wimbledon semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov; Dan Evans faces defending champion Matteo Berrettini; tournament runs from June 13-19

Andy Murray of Britain return the ball to Italy...s Jannik Sinner during a match of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Image: Andy Murray is a five-time winner at Queen's

Andy Murray will play Italy's Lorenzo Sonego in the first round of the Cinch Championship at Queen's, which starts on Monday.

The British No 3 will be bidding for his fifth tournament win as he continues his preparations for next month's Wimbledon.

British No 1 Cameron Norrie, the third seed, takes on Bulgaria's former Wimbledon semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov and second-ranked Briton Dan Evans faces defending champion Matteo Berrettini.

Ryan Peniston, the British No 7, has been handed a tough opening-round draw as he plays top seed and French Open runner-up Casper Ruud.

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Andy Murray produced a vintage display against top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open

British No 5 Liam Broady faces Croatia's seventh seed Marin Cilic in his first-round match.

Three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka will play American Frances Tiafoe and Canada's sixth seed Denis Shapovalov faces another American, Tommy Paul.

The winner will pocket just over £340,000 and the runner-up close to £184,000 out of a total prize fund of £1.84m.

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First-round draw:

(1) C Ruud (Nor) vs R Peniston (Gbr)
F Cerundolo (Arg) vs P Martinez (Esp)
J Brooksby (USA) vs F Krajinovic (Srb)
Qualifier vs (5) D Schwartzman (Arg)
(4) T Fritz (USA) vs J Draper (Gbr)
Qualifier vs Qualifier
L Musetti (Ita) vs A Bublik (Kaz)
L Broady (Gbr) vs (7) M Cilic (Cro)
(8) R Opelka (USA) vs A de Minaur (Aus)
A Ramos-Vinolas (Esp) vs A Davidovich Fokina (Esp)
Qualifier vs B van de Zandschulp (Ned)
G Dimitrov (Bul) vs (3) C Norrie (Gbr)
(6) D Shapovalov (Can) vs T Paul (USA)
F Tiafoe (USA) vs S Wawrinka (Sui)
A Murray (Gbr) vs L Sonego (Ita)
D Evans (Gbr) vs (2) M Berrettini (Ita)

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