{"id":15430,"date":"2024-05-28T13:44:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T05:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/news\/?p=15430"},"modified":"2024-05-28T13:45:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T05:45:01","slug":"andy-murrays-geneva-comeback-ends-with-first-round-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/tennis\/andy-murrays-geneva-comeback-ends-with-first-round-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray&#8217;s Geneva Comeback Ends with First-Round Loss to Yannick Hanfmann"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hope for another showdown between Andy Murray (37) and Novak Djokovic (36) was dashed on Tuesday as Murray exited the Geneva Open in the first round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a wildcard entrant, Murray found himself trailing Yannick Hanfmann 7-5, 4-1 when a thunderstorm disrupted play at the Parc des Eaux-Vives on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resuming on Tuesday, the German, ranked 85th in the world, swiftly secured the second set 6-2 in just over 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No panic Yannick ?\u200d?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YannickHanfmann?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@YannickHanfmann<\/a> defeats Andy Murray 7-5 6-2 to become the first German to defeat him on clay since Kohlschreiber in 2010 ??<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ATPGVA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ATPGVA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oRelLD3pKU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/oRelLD3pKU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tennis TV (@TennisTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisTV\/status\/1792879275655241759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 21, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/tennis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tennis Livescore<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tennis enthusiasts had eagerly anticipated a potential final clash between members of the esteemed Big Four\u2014Djokovic, Murray, Rafael Nadal, and the now-retired Roger Federer\u2014since the draw was announced on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, Hanfmann will now square off against world number one Djokovic in the tournament&#8217;s second round on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently ranked 75th globally, Murray, aged 37 and battling with a metal hip, has hinted that his competitive tennis career may soon come to a close, mirroring Nadal&#8217;s uncertainties amid ongoing injury woes and the looming French Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Murray, the Geneva match marked his first tour-level appearance since sustaining tendon damage in his left ankle during the Miami Open in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Swiss clay court event, featuring 28 players, serves as a crucial warm-up ahead of the French Open, the next major tournament of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Djokovic, approaching his 37th birthday, opted for a wildcard entry in Geneva to address a recent downturn in form before defending his French Open title next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heading into Paris, the 24-time Grand Slam champion faces the possibility of arriving without a title in the current season for the first time since 2018, unless he clinches victory in Geneva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Geneva draw also includes Casper Ruud, the Norwegian world number seven, alongside other top 20 players such as Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, and Sebastian Baez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murray and Djokovic last met in the 2017 Doha final, where the Serb emerged victorious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murray&#8217;s illustrious career includes triumphs at the US Open in 2012, Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016, and two Olympic singles gold medals in 2012 and 2016, with a total of 11 Grand Slam final appearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hope for another showdown between Andy Murray (37) and Novak Djokovic (36) was dashed on Tuesday as Murray exited the Geneva Open in the first round. As a wildcard entrant, Murray found himself trailing Yannick Hanfmann 7-5, 4-1 when a thunderstorm disrupted play at the Parc des Eaux-Vives on Monday. Resuming on Tuesday, the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":15441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"The hope for another showdown between Andy Murray (37) and Novak Djokovic (36) was dashed on Tuesday as Murray exited the Geneva Open.","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4299,4364,2606,19],"class_list":["post-15430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-geneva-atp-singles","tag-hanfmann-yannick","tag-murray-andy","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15442,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15430\/revisions\/15442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}