Judy: Rust comes off if you polish it
JUDY Murray is confident that Andy Murray is on the right track to return toward the top of the game and admits she was “blown away” by his performance at the US Open.
In just his fifth tournament in 13 months, having had hip surgery in January, the former world No.1 played the best tennis of his comeback as he was narrowly beaten by Fernando Verdasco of Spain in the second round at Flushing Meadows.
And Judy, who was courtside to watch her youngest son, couldn’t believe how well he played.
“I thought he was amazing, I thought he was absolutely incredible,” she said. “It’s something like his ninth match and he just blew me away.
“The fight, you never lose that, that’s just within him. It’s still really early days in his [comeback] and he’s rusty, but like I said to him, rust comes off if you polish it. Work hard and polish it, it will come off.
“I was blown away with how well he played, sometimes it was just like watching him where he’d always been. There were rusty bits as well but that’s completely understandable. I thought he moved great, I thought it was incredible, very encouraging.”
The US Open was Murray’s first grand slam since last year’s Wimbledon and he will be just outside the world’s top 300 when the rankings are updated a week on Monday.
The Scot has a long way to