Andy Murray match paused as local weather protestors throw giant balls onto courtroom

Murray has been stepping up his conditioning forward of the hardcourt season in preparation for the US Open with a “brutal” new coaching regime within the hopes that may be the sting in lengthy matches. “I imply, I received right here fairly early,” he said ahead of the tournament. “We arrived on Tuesday night time, so yeah, try to get used to the humidity.

“Obviously I had numerous points final 12 months throughout American summer time with cramping and stuff like that. I wished to verify I received right here early to offer myself sufficient time to regulate to that. It’s been good.

“So in preparation I was doing a lot of bike sessions. I put the bike in there and we can open the steam room a little bit to increase the humidity – obviously [turn on] the heaters to get the heat in the room up. Set it to like 35 degrees celsius and, like, 70 per cent humidity and then I would do my bike sessions in there.”