Highlights - Murray loses to Fish in tie-break at Queen's
Andy Murray is to play Lleyton Hewitt in an exhibition match this week as part of his Wimbledon preparation.
Murray, 23, has been hampered by a knee injury and was beaten by Mardy Fish in the third round at Queen's.
The Scot admitted he needed more grass- court action and will play former Wimbledon champion Hewitt at London's Hurlingham club on Thursday.
Murray's mother, Judy, said: "Andy will build more competitive match practice into his preparation from Thursday."
Murray, who was born with a split patella, had his right knee heavily strapped at Queen's, but Judy played down fitness concerns ahead of Wimbledon, which gets under way on Monday.
Murray eyes improvement for Wimbledon
She said: "Andy's knee is something he was born with, so he has always had to deal with it. A change of surfaces inflames it a bit but he has a physio working with him full-time so it's very carefully looked after.
"He would have liked to have played a couple more matches last week (at Queen's) but he has a couple of exhibition matches lined up this week and is playing Hewitt on Thursday."
The Australian, who won Wimbledon in 2002, goes into the match on the back of a fine victory over Roger Federer in the final of the Gerry Weber Open.
It was Federer's first defeat on the grass courts of Halle in 29 matches and ended Hewitt's dismal run of 15 straight defeats to the reigning Wimbledon champion.
Murray, the world number four, reached the semi-finals at the All England Club last year, losing to Andy Roddick, and was beaten by Roger Federer in the final of this year's Australian Open.
But his form since then has been patchy, losing in the fourth round of the French Open, before his surprise defeat by Fish at Queen's, which ended his reign as champion.
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