Andy Murray begins Queen’s defence with defeat of Paul-Henri Mathieu

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Andy Murray eased into the defence of his Queen’s title with a routine straight-sets victory over Paul-Henri Mathieu.

The reigning Queen’s and Wimbledon champion will now face the 15th seed Radek Stepanek in the third round, after negotiating his way past Mathieu to win 6-4, 6-4.

Murray enjoyed a leisurely first training session with his new coach Amélie Mauresmo on Wednesday morning, before the former Australian Open and Wimbledon champion took a watching brief for her new client’s straightforward victory.

Murray might have been eclipsed by the eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the French Open semi-finals, but Mathieu beat Aljaz Bedene 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 in the first round to set up his clash with Murray.

The 32-year-old current world number 92 has moved as high as 12 in his career, but was unable to bring that pedigree to bear against Murray.