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Nicolas Mahut: 'Pressure on Andy Murray'

Mahut: 'Pressure on Murray'
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Nicolas Mahut is hoping to repeat last year's defeat of Andy Murray when they meet at Queen's tomorrow and says that the Scot has "a lot of pressure" on his shoulders.

Frenchman Nicolas Mahut has said that there is "a lot of pressure" on Andy Murray's shoulders ahead of their meeting in the Aegon Championships at Queen's tomorrow.

The pair met at the same tournament 12 months ago and Mahut upset the odds by advancing in London.

He thinks that he can repeat the feat because of the crowd's expectations of home favourite Murray.

"To play Andy here at Queen's is not a good draw, but last year I played amazing and I won the match," the world number 174 said.

"So I hope this year it's going to be the same but everyone expects him to win here, to win Wimbledon, so he has a lot of pressure on his shoulders."

It is Murray's first competitive match since he skipped the recent French Open because of a back injury.

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