LONDON (AP) Andy Murray withstood a challenge in his opening match on the grass at Queen's Club on Wednesday, beating Xavier Malisse of Belgium 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.
Murray was coming off a run to the French Open semifinals last week despite injuring his ankle in the tournament.
The second-seeded Briton was leading 3-1 against the 2002 Wimbledon semifinalist when play was interrupted by a heavy downpour and he wrapped up the first set when the players returned.
Malisse cut out the errors in the second and snatched it when he broke for the first time at 6-5 after Murray went long with a forehand.
But Murray broke early in the decider and again in the last game to set up a third-round meeting with Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia.