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Andy Murray to return to action for charity in June

/ 08:06 PM May 29, 2020

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Great Britain’s Andy Murray applauds as he attends the semi-final singles tennis match between Great Britain and Spain at the Davis Cup Madrid Finals 2019 in Madrid on November 23, 2019. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)

Andy Murray will return from his latest injury problem on June 23 in a tournament organized by his brother Jamie to raise money for a UK National Health Service charity.

Jamie Murray has helped create the behind-closed-doors tournament called ‘Schroders Battle of the Brits’.

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The event, which runs from June 23-28, will see the Murray brothers and fellow British players Kyle Edmund and Dan Evans go head to head at the Lawn Tennis Association’s Roehampton base in London.

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It will be screened live on Amazon Prime and aims to raise at least £100,000 ($122,000) for the state-run NHS.

With the ATP and WTA seasons postponed due to the coronavirus, Murray’s first appearance since November’s Davis Cup Finals will be a welcome tonic for tennis fans.

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“The last few months have been incredibly challenging times for everyone and we see this event as our way of giving back,” Jamie Murray said.

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“A lot of work has gone in to make sure this could happen and we are very excited to be able to bring an action-packed week of tennis, while raising valuable funds for NHS heroes to say thank you for the amazing work they have done.”

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Prior to the lockdown, the former world number one  had been returning to the court after another injury-enforced absence.

The 33-year-old was unable to hit for three months because of what was initially diagnosed as a mild bone bruise.

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Murray, a two-time Wimbledon champion, later believed the problem was heterotopic ossification, bone growth associated with the hip resurfacing operation he underwent in January 2019.

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