Murray defying group expectations with ‘outrageous’ preparation forward of US Open
Laura Robson has defined simply how spectacular Andy Murray’s return from hip surgical procedure has been as the previous world No 1 gears up for the US Open. He lately returned to his highest rating post-op at No 36 and has picked up three Challenger titles this 12 months, additionally reaching an ATP closing in Doha. With Murray now bidding to translate his success to the Majors and do properly in New York, Robson admitted that his group by no means anticipated him to return to this degree.
Murray is hoping to have a deep run at a Grand Slam, with the US Open his final probability to take action in 2023. The world No 37 has already had a powerful season that began when he gained back-to-back five-set epics on the Australian Open although he did not get previous the third spherical, falling in need of his dream of constructing the second week.
While the 36-year-old has been powerful on himself, his previous doubles accomplice Robson mentioned it was already a victory for Murray to be enjoying at this degree with a metallic joint in his hip. “I saw a quote from him where he’s basically like, ‘I need to keep putting things in perspective’ because it’s unreal that he’s even putting himself in a position to be seeded and he just missed out at Wimbledon then just missed out at the US Open,” she defined.
“I think it’s easy to get disheartened, but just the fact that he’s playing so many matches, playing pretty much a full schedule.” The former world No 27 additionally knew that Murray had already exceeded the expectations he beforehand had for his return from surgical procedure.
She continued: “He’s beyond pumped with that and the rest of his team are actually beyond pumped with that because they never thought that it would happen. And so for, you know, Shano [Annun] and Matt Little and the others to see him back out there at almost the highest level, must feel so incredible of an achievement.
“Because, you know, even 18 months ago he was looking like he was struggling to walk between sessions and after long matches, he just looked, like it was a really unhealthy hip still. So yeah, I think, you know, to see where he’s come from over the last couple of years and where he is now is such a massive difference.”
With Murray now pain-free within the hip that troubled him for therefore lengthy, Robson – who gained Olympic silver with him on the London 2012 video games – revealed that he had an “outrageous” schedule at tournaments to maintain himself match and aggressive. “And I’ll say from being around him at tournaments no one gets to the site earlier in the day,” she added.
“Like, he could be fourth match on and he’s there for breakfast, preparing already. He’s physio bed, warm-up, physio bed, warm-up, you know, goes on court for half an hour hit, then back on the physio bed. It’s just outrageous the amount of preparation that goes into getting him 100 per cent ready to go on court for a match.
“And so just to go through all of that day in, day out takes it out of you and yeah, just the fact that he’s still so motivated is, I think, inspiring for everyone else.” Although Murray simply missed out on a seeded spot on the US Open, he has a favourable first-round opponent in world No 71 Corentin Moutet.
The 2012 champion in Flushing Meadows may then face nineteenth seed Grigor Dimitrov and world No 12 Alexander Zverev if he does need to obtain his objective of constructing it into the second week.
The US Open returns solely to Sky Sports and NOW with feeds to all courts from twenty eighth August.