2021 Tennis

[Shaggy]

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[Shaggy]

Djokovic disqualified

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[Buzzo]

What an amazing attitude. Just one more. Please!!!

"It was hard enough when I had two normal hips," the 33-year-old said.

"So it will be difficult, but I'll keep trying - why not? Why shouldn't I try my hardest to do that? And if I don't, that's all right. But I might as well shoot for the stars."

"I feel like I'm back at square one, having not played in slams for a few years," he said. "I need to build up my body and my physical conditioning so that I have the ability to back up five-set matches.

"That takes a bit of time, unfortunately."

He added: "You practice as much as you want with your coach or juniors, but playing against guys that are serving 135, 140 miles an hour and hitting the ball huge from the back of the court, your timing needs to be spot on.

"So the more I get exposed to playing with better players and practising with them, the better for me just now."

Murray says he can take positives from the past two weeks at Flushing Meadows though, having won two matches at the Western and Southern Open before coming from two sets and a break down to overcome Yoshihito Nishioka in nearly four hours and 40 minutes in the US open first round on Tuesday.

He will now turn his attention to the clay and preparing for the delayed French Open, which is scheduled to start on 27 September at Roland Garros.

"I would say even after tonight I'm more positive about what I could do in Grand Slams than I was before I came over here. You obviously don't know how I was feeling even just a couple of months ago," he said.

"I played a couple of tough matches in [the Western and Southern Open] and I played certainly one very tough match here, and my right hip felt good. That's really, really positive.

"There is other things that need to get better, but I would say that I'm more positive now than what I was a couple of months ago, that's for sure."

[Buzzo]

I suspect the efforts of Monday were going to be in repeatable.

Was reading that he is ticking off some milestones. He beat a top ten player, he’s won a 5 setter, he’s played a slam, won his first tournament.

Difficult to know what the expectations can be after so long out, but we’ve definitely had these discussions about Nadal and Federer in the past. It’s just that Murray’s style is so all action and playing every 2 days in a Slam is so physically challenging.

Good to see him back on court though.

[Shaggy]

Murray beaten easily. Hard to take watching him losing all the time.

Mind you Auger-Aliassime looks an unbelievable prospect.

[Buzzo]

Kyle Edmund takes the first set in a TB v Djokovic.

Needs to keep the intensity up for the second set.

[Buzzo]

Mentality monster, can you imagine how good someone like Kyrgios could be with Murray's desire and heart.

It’s such an impressive quality to have.

He could be a real force at Wimbledon I reckon if he gets his rhythm back.

[red g]

Murray wins in 5.

He’s unbelievable. Ridiculous. 4 and a half hours on a metal hip!!! He had lost that match about 10 times. I’ve no idea how he won that. He played some decent stuff in the fifth but think he was carrying some blisters?

I suspect he’ll not go too far after that... but.

Never ever rule him out.

Mentality monster, can you imagine how good someone like Kyrgios could be with Murray's desire and heart.

[Buzzo]

Murray wins in 5.

He’s unbelievable. Ridiculous. 4 and a half hours on a metal hip!!! He had lost that match about 10 times. I’ve no idea how he won that. He played some decent stuff in the fifth but think he was carrying some blisters?

I suspect he’ll not go too far after that... but.

Never ever rule him out.

[Buzzo]

4th set goes to a TB.

Murray can’t get anything going but is hanging in.

[Buzzo]

Never more dangerous than when he’s ruled out.

I’m not saying he will won any more slams, but his rhythm will take a while to return after almost 2 years out.

[RichC]

Badly by the looks of it. 2 sets down.

His time at the top of tennis has gone by the looks of it

[Buzzo]

Not gong well at all!

4-6, 0-4.

[Buzzo]

I’d almost forgot - cheers for reminder

[RichC]

Murray about to start against Nishioka , be interesting to see how he does.