Andy Murray is fighting fit and ready to banish memories of his last visit to the U.S. Open, when a painful hip contributed to a second-round demise in 2018, as he looks forward to competing at a slam for the first time in almost 20 months. During that time, Murray has undergone two operations, including hip resurfacing surgery in January 2019 which has allowed him to revive his tennis career. READ: Djokovic wins 35th Masters, enters US Open as firm favourite"Now, like in the matches I played last week, I felt pretty good on the court in terms of my body. Murray, whose last Grand Slam appearance was at the 2019 Australian Open, faces Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday on Arthur Ashe Stadium with no fans in attendance due to the coronavirus outbreak. "To go out there on such a huge stadium and have literally no one in the stands is going to be weird," said the three-time Grand Slam winner.

Source: The Hindu August 30, 2020 04:58 UTC