Former world number-1 UK tennis player Andy Murray who was playing his first match after nearly 9 months, entered the next round of the Western and Southern Open released here while emerging women's player Coco Gough in the women's category in the first round. According to an ESPN report, 3-time champion Murray, playing his first ATP tournament after 5 months, defeated Francis Tiafoe 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-1.

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Murray, who won the 2-time Wimbledon winner and the US Open in 2012, will now face world number 5 Alexander Zverev of Germany in the second round. In the other match, 2-time Grand Slam runners-up Kevin Anderson, Milas Raonic of Canada, Felix Egur Elsiyame and Denis Shapalov won their respective matches to advance to the next round.

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In the women's category, thirteenth seed Maria Sakari defeated sixteen-year-old American player Gough by six-one, six-three and secured her place in the next round. 2-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka defeated world number-15 Donna Vekic, while forty-year-old Venus Williams lost five-seven, six-two, seven-five to twenty-year-old Diana Yastremka.

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