Andy makes it an exhibition for Wimbers warm-up

ANDY MURRAY is to warm up for Wimbledon with two exhibition matches at the Aspall Tennis Classic at Hurlingham next week.

The world No.1 has added the event into his schedule following his early exit at Queen’s Club, where he suffered a shock loss to No.90 Jordan Thompson on Tuesday.

The likes of last year’s Wimbledon runner-up Milos Raonic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Tomas Berdych, Lucas Pouille and Tommy Haas are also playing at Hurlingham.

The exact schedule of Murray’s matches has not yet been confirmed but he is likely to play on Tuesday and Friday.

Murray last played at the event in 2014 after he lost in the last 16 at Queen’s.

As defending champion, the 30-year-old will play the first match of the Championships on Wimbledon’s Centre Court on July 3.

UK Athletics chief Ed Warner believes athletes like Paula Radcliffe “understand the greater good” as he gave his support to the proposal to erase all world records set before 2005.

The sport’s world governing body the IAAF has yet to approve a proposal from European Athletics to wipe all records pre2005, when samples were stored for future retesting, in a bid to restore confidence in the sport.

The move would mean the likes of Paula Radcliffe and Jonathan Edwards losing their worldleading marks set in 2003 and 1995 respectively.

Radcliffe attacked the plans in May, saying: ‘’Even though they will always stand as our personal bests, it’s very hard to be told, ‘We don’t value your record, we don’t believe and respect it and we can’t trust it’.”

But UKA chairman Warner said: “They (Radcliffe and Edwards) love athletics and understand the greater good is what matters, but we’ve got to get to a better defined set of proposals, and we’re not there yet.”