Andy Murray says he could make his singles comeback in September at the Glasgow event renamed in honour of his family’s contribution to tennis.

The Scot, 32, played doubles at Queen’s Club on Thursday, his first match since career-saving hip surgery in January.

Murray is open to the idea of returning to singles at the Murray Trophy, an ATP Challenger Tour event.

“It’s definitely something I would consider and see where I’m at physically,” he told BBC Scotland.

“Maybe as well, starting at a slightly lower level of singles might not be a bad idea.

“That’s one of the things that’s sometimes quite hard with tennis, often when players come back you go straight back in to playing a full three-set match at the highest level. It’s not like other sports, where you can build up and play one set and pull out.

“So maybe something I’d consider is dropping down a level and building up there to try and get multiple matches in a week and see how my hip responds.”

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Murray was pleased to have “zero pain in my hip” after teaming up with Feliciano Lopez to defeat Colombian top seeds Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal at the Fever-Tree Championships.

He plans to play doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon next month and isn’t ruling out a return to Davis Cup action in November, four years after helping Great Britain win the tournament alongside brother Jamie.

“I would love to play in Davis Cup,” Murray added. “Over the last year or two, when you look back at matches you’ve played and enjoyed, the Davis Cup matches have often been the ones that have been quite special in terms of atmosphere and stuff.

“Every chance you get to compete for your country, and I’ve been lucky enough to do it with my brother a few times, is brilliant.”

In his regular BBC Sport column, Andy Murray reveals how he approached French Open women’s singles champion Ashleigh Barty to play with him in the Wimbledon mixed doubles, discusses his emotional journey from possible retirement to making his competitive comeback at Queen’s and getting around on his new electric scooter.

I would like to play mixed doubles at Wimbledon next month and I have spoken to a couple of players about partnering up.

But I’ve been rejected a couple of times so far – in the nicest possible way, of course!

One of those people was Ash Barty.

I asked her during the French Open and she said no because she is already playing in singles and doubles, so didn’t want to play in three competitions.

Of course, I understood that.

She also said: “There’s many better out there than me.’ Then a few days later she won the French Open, so I fired her a message saying I told her she was one of the best – but she still rejected me!

It is a shame we can’t play together because I want the best partner possible.

I’m sure I will find another great partner, providing I feel good enough to play the men’s and mixed doubles. That said, I need to wait and see how I’m feeling first.

‘Tennis hasn’t made me emotional recently’

Making my return at Queen’s was a special moment; it was really nice being back on a tennis court and I enjoyed it.

I was happy playing again. But I wasn’t overcome with emotion on the court.

The past couple of years have been an emotional time for me, and when it came to the Australian Open I decided I had had enough and was able to speak out about it.

Before that it was really difficult for me to do that.

Because of how professional sport is, you end up telling everyone you’re OK and you’re feeling a bit better. But you’re not.

You say things like that to try to sound optimistic and not tell everyone how much you’re struggling.

I might have had to play against those people asking me how I was, so I wasn’t going to tell them that my hip was killing me and then play them the following day.

But over the past few months I haven’t been emotional with regards to tennis.

I was nervous going out on to the court for the doubles match with Feliciano Lopez – and I was nervous throughout most of the match.

It felt very different to when I came back here last year, playing Nick Kyrgios in the singles. I was really emotional that day.

There have only been a couple of other times in the past few months when I have been nervous.

That’s been on aeroplanes, because I get butterflies and sweaty palms when I take off on flights. And the other time was playing in the golf club championships at Wentworth last week – especially when I handed in my card having shot triple figures!

When I’m on court I notice my nerves in my legs a bit and sometimes I don’t breathe properly.

Nerves are funny because they manifest in players in different ways.

For some, it affects the way they think, but it doesn’t affect me in that way. I feel I am able to think quite clearly and calmly.

‘I didn’t see Scotland’s VAR controversy’

Before the match I received plenty of messages of support from my family and friends. The people closest to me – my wife and my team, particularly – know exactly what I’ve been going through and they have been with me throughout the whole journey.

They have seen everything I’ve been through and I think they were a bit apprehensive and a bit nervous, even though they didn’t want to show it.

That’s because it was my first match playing with what is essentially a metal hip! But it was great, it went well and I’m pleased that they were there to see it.

The match being pushed back a day by the rain didn’t affect me too much. I practised as normal on Wednesday but, unfortunately, I didn’t get to see Scotland’s match in the Women’s World Cup. I heard it was another video assistant referee (VAR) controversy though…

And on Thursday morning I had a swim with my kids and then we all walked the dogs. I say walked, we hopped on my electric scooter – which I got for my birthday – for most of it!

I love being able to do things like that, especially now I’m pain free.

Andy Murray was talking to BBC Sport’s Jonathan Jurejko at Queen’s.

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Britain’s Andy Murray will return to Wimbledon in the doubles with France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert six months after a career-saving hip operation.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Murray, 32, had hip surgery in January, but made a winning return alongside Feliciano Lopez at Queen’s.

Murray also wants to play mixed doubles at Wimbledon but has yet to finalise who his partner will be.

“[Herbert] is a brilliant doubles player,” Murray told BBC Sport.

“He hadn’t planned on playing doubles at Wimbledon this year. In the last couple of weeks he chatted with his coach and thought it would be a nice opportunity.

“I told him my expectations are pretty low and it worked itself out.”

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Murray has found a good men’s doubles partner in Herbert, who has won all four Grand Slam doubles titles.

The Brit clearly relished playing with Lopez at Queen’s as the pair clinched a straight-set victory against Colombian top seeds Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal.

And Murray says he wants to “enjoy playing now” after learning to walk again after his injury.

“Physically I couldn’t extend my leg for the last 18 months, two years,” he explained. “My walking gait was terrible – I wasn’t limping because I wanted to.

“Now I have zero discomfort and no pain after the match.”

More Murray on Friday

Murray and Lopez will face either British duo Dan Evans and Ken Skupski or the Canadian-Australian pairing of Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alex de Minaur in Friday’s quarter-finals at Queen’s.

The match will be fifth on a packed centre court schedule and you can watch it live on BBC TV and the BBC Sport website.

Andy could face older brother Jamie in the last four if they both come through their last-eight matches.

Jamie and Neal Skupski face Henri Kontinen and John Peers in the match before Andy’s.

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Roger Federer says he was “lucky” after surviving a scare against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach the Halle Open quarter-finals.

Top seed Federer, 37, beat French world number 77 Tsonga 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 7-5.

The eight-time Wimbledon champion is bidding for a 10th Halle title.

World number five Alexander Zverev withdrew from the doubles due to a knee injury but beat American Steve Johnson 6-3 7-5 to reach the last eight of the singles.

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Federer will play Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in the next round at the grass-court tournament, while German 22-year-old Zverev will face Belgian David Goffin.

World number three Federer was a set and a break up against Tsonga, 34, before the Frenchman came back to take the match to a third set.

“I knew when I gave away that lead that it would be tight. Then it was about holding my nerve,” said the Swiss.

“The third set was more of a battle. I tried to stay calm. It had a bit of everything: happiness, sadness, frustration. It was a bit emotional at the end, which was nice.”

Zverev enjoyed a slightly more straightforward win, but admitted he is still having problems with his knee.

“Obviously my knee is still swollen but the pain is much less than it was a few days ago,” he said.

“I hope when the swelling goes out it will be much better.”

World number one Naomi Osaka followed up her early French Open exit with a shock second-round loss to Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva in Birmingham.

The Japanese 21-year-old could fall in the rankings after losing 6-2 6-3.

Roland Garros champion Ashleigh Barty, 23, may soon replace Osaka at the top after reaching the quarter-finals.

In Mallorca, 2018 Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber beat Maria Sharapova, who missed the clay-court season after having shoulder surgery.

The German 31-year-old defeated Sharapova, who has dropped to 85th in the world rankings, 6-2 6-3.

The Mallorca Open was 32-year-old Russian Sharapova’s first tournament since she withdrew from a second-round match at the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy in January.

Barty beat American Jennifer Brady 6-3 6-1 and is now close to taking the world number one ranking from US Open and Australian Open champion Osaka, who was beaten by unseeded Czech player Katerina Siniakova in the French Open third round.

Osaka would have stayed top if she had reached the final in Birmingham, but if Barty wins the title she will become world number one.

“The stars have aligned a little bit for me and I think when you get those opportunities you have to do your best to take them with both hands,” said Barty, who has now won nine matches in a row.

The Birmingham Nature Valley Classic and Mallorca Open are grass-court tournaments which take place in the run-up to Wimbledon.

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