By Matt Hardy Andy Murray’s farewell to Queen’s started with his second win in seven years at the London ATP event. In what was the Brit’s 1,000th match in the elite men’s game – becoming the fifth active player to reach that benchmark after Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco and Richard Gasquet – he needed three sets to beat Australia’s Alexei Popyrin 6-3 3-6 6-3 at the Queen’s Club in Fulham, west London. “It has been a difficult season but I did well to come through in the end,” said Murray. “Any win you can get is important – obviously with Wimbledon a few weeks away I want to…