NEW YORK (AP) – Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray, one of four men admitted Monday for the Flushing Meadows concentrate tournament before the U.S. Open.
Murray won the Western and South Open in 2008 and 2011. The hard court occasion is held regularly in Cincinnati, but moves to the US Open site as a component of efforts to host a professional tennis festival, the coronavirus pandemic.
It also reaps wildcard benefits for the ATP Masters 1000 tournament: Tommy Paul, Tennys Sandgren and Frances Tiafoe.
The draw will be held from 22 to 28 August. The U.S. Open begins on August 31.
Murray, 33, has had hip surgery twice and has played an official fit since Davis Cup last November. He won Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016 and the US Open in 2012.
The Western and South Open will be the first official occasion of the men’s excursion in more than months.
Sanctioned tennis took a break in March due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the women’s excursion returns this week to Palermo, Italy.
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