Andy Murray’s US Open hopes may hang in the balance if illness continues to hinder the Brit’s normal swaggering consistencyAndy Murray dragged himself from the court to his ice bath to the compulsory press conference and,in a voice as husky as an mature crooner, revealed that a cold had hampered him during his epic five-set win over the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the moment round of the US Open.
If he copes with it on his rest day ahead of meeting Thomaz Bellucci on Saturday, and his progress into the moment week of a tournament he won three years ago should not be significantly hampered. If the illness – which has taken hold in the locker room and already claimed his brother,Jamie – lingers, he could be in trouble.
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Source: theguardian.com