Britain's Murray makes triumphant return at Montreal

August 9, 2007 - 0:0

MONTREAL (AFP) -- Scotland's Andy Murray made a triumphant return at the Montreal Masters here Tuesday, vindicating his decision not to rush back from a wrist injury.

Murray, seeded 13th, defeated luckless Robby Ginepri 6-4, 6-4 to keep the American without a win in four attempts north of the border.
After going down a break in the second set, Ginepri threw is racket at his chair and kicked over his on-court nameplate.
Murray, in contrast, was the picture of cool as he calmly resumed a career blocked by a right wrist tendon injury on May 15 in Hamburg.
The 20-year-old said that after postponing his return several times, he was in no rush.
""I just felt like it was not worth having waited 11 weeks, going out and just playing a match for the sake of it,"" said the man who disappointingly missed both Roland Garros and Wimbledon.
""I just wanted to get ready for this week because this week is guaranteed to count for my ranking. I needed to play here.""
Ginepri, who had the best season of his career in 2005, has won just six matches this season and has not defeated Murray in three career attempts.
Murray next faces world No.138 Fabio Fognini from Italy, with No.1 seed Roger Federer all but certain to be facing the winner in the third round