Andy Murray says he could play Eastbourne and then skip Wimbledon as he assesses the best way to continue his comeback after a year out with a hip injury.

The Briton, 31, showed some encouraging signs before losing to Nick Kyrgios at Queen’s in his first match back.

Wimbledon, which Murray has won twice, starts on 2 July, with a warm-up event in Eastbourne next week.

“I need to wait and see what happens,” said the former world number one.

“I don’t know exactly what’s best for me just now.”

I wouldn’t rule out playing Eastbourne and not playing Wimbledon

Scot Murray will see how his body feels after playing for over two and a half hours against world number 21 Kyrgios.

He had not played competitively since losing in the Wimbledon quarter-finals to American Sam Querrey last July.

Murray, who has dropped to 156th in the world rankings, had surgery on his right hip in January.

“I won’t rule anything out just now,” he said about his upcoming plans. “I wouldn’t rule out playing Eastbourne and not playing Wimbledon.

“I wouldn’t rule out playing a tournament next and trying to get matches in an exhibition tournament as well to get ready for Wimbledon.

“If I wake up on Wednesday morning and I really don’t feel good then that’s obviously not a great sign.”

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Britain’s number one Kyle Edmund beat American Ryan Harrison 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 in the first round of the Fever-Tree Championships at Queen’s Club.

Edmund is the only Briton to reach the second round following defeats for Andy Murray and Dan Evans on Tuesday.

Edmund will face Nick Kyrgios next after the Australian beat Murray.

France’s Adrian Mannarino won 6-4 0-6 7-5 in Evans’ first ATP Tour level match since he served a 12-month ban for taking cocaine.

“I didn’t get off to the best of starts,” said Edmund.

“There was probably a bit of nerves playing my first match on grass this year and in front of my home fans.”

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Djokovic starts impressively on grass

Novak Djokovic marked his first appearance at Queen’s since 2010 with a comfortable opening win over Australian qualifier John Millman.

The 12-time Grand Slam champion, 31, eased to a 6-2 6-1 victory.

Immediately after his shock French Open quarter-final exit against Italian Marco Cecchinato this month, Djokovic claimed he might sit out the grass-court season.

Over the past year he has dropped outside of the world’s top 20 after struggling with an elbow injury which needed a minor operation in January.

But the three-time Wimbledon champion accepted a wildcard at Queen’s as part of his preparations for Wimbledon and looked in good form against world number 63 Millman.

“It’s not the first nor the last match that I lost in my life. I know how to deal with these particular situations,” Djokovic said when asked how he handled the French Open setback.

“I had to take some time off the court – recharge the batteries physically and mentally.”

The Serb will face second seed Grigor Dimitrov in the last 16 after the Bulgarian won 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 against Bosnian Damir Dzumhur.

Anderson & Goffin out, Raonic injured

South African third seed Kevin Anderson lost in three sets to unseeded Argentine Leonardo Mayer, while former Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic led 6-1 3-1 when opponent Yuki Bhambri retired.

Raonic, however, was forced to withdraw from the tournament with a shoulder injury.

French qualifier Julien Benneteau claimed a surprise 7-5 3-6 6-3 win over Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, although Berdych was later forced to pull out of the doubles with a back injury.

Defending champion Feliciano Lopez beat fourth seed David Goffin 6-3 6-7 6-3.

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Andy Murray’s comeback after almost a year out with a hip injury ended in a narrow defeat by Nick Kyrgios at Queen’s.

The 31-year-old Briton lost 6-2 6-7 (4-7) 5-7 against the Australian world number 21.

Murray was playing his first competitive match since losing at Wimbledon last year.

He tested Kyrgios in an encouraging performance, saving two match points before losing.

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Former world number one Murray insisted he was not focusing on winning against 23-year-old Kyrgios, but was solely interested in the way his body would cope with the rigours of playing an ATP tour match.

Yet he looked on course for a win that few gave him hope of achieving after so long out of the game.

True, Kyrgios – a mercurial and unpredictable player – was not fully focused in an erratic first set, eventually switching on mentally to fight back against his good friend and win in two hours and 39 minutes.

Neither Kyrgios’ display, nor the result, should take anything away from Murray’s performance.

Although there were periods where Murray looked understandably rusty, all the facets of the three-time Grand Slam champion’s game – accurate serving, shot-making, dogged defence, court coverage and will-to-win – were seen at times in front of a packed home crowd in London.

Understandably, he faded in the decider – his shot selection letting him down in the final game as a double fault allowed Kyrgios to take his third match point.

“It was great to see him back and see him healthy,” said Kyrgios, who beat Murray for the first time at the sixth attempt.

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Murray proves he is fit enough to compete

Murray’s road back to the court has been a long one – 342 days to be precise – and one which he admits left him “very concerned” about his recovery.

Limping heavily at Wimbledon last year, it was remarkable he managed to reach the last eight before losing in five sets against American Sam Querrey – the last time we saw him on a match court until his return at Queen’s on Tuesday.

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