Murray suffers early exit from Wimbledon warm-up in Stuttgart

Stuttgart, Germany: Andy Murray made a disappointing start to his Wimbledon warm up campaign on Tuesday, losing 6 3, 6 4 to Marcos Giron in the Stuttg...

Stuttgart, Germany: Andy Murray made a disappointing start to his Wimbledon warm-up campaign on Tuesday, losing 6-3, 6-4 to Marcos Giron in the Stuttgart Open first round.

The former world number one, a Stuttgart finalist two years ago, had spent time in Britain training on grass after his first round Roland Garros defeat to Stan Wawrinka last month.

But that preparation did not pay off at the Weissenhof Club, whose courts are curated under guidance from All England Club experts.

Murray will hope to revive his grass game at Queen's Club, London, his final tune-up before what is almost certain to be the last Wimbledon of his career.

The 2013 and 2016 Wimbledon champion went down in 75 minutes, with Giron winning his first match here after a pair of first-round defeats.