Murray brothers jet in to America
ANDY and Jamie Murray have headed a migration of Britain’s top tennis players across the Atlantic — with an unusual first stop being a private court in Connecticut. The Murray brothers are set to join Dan Evans and Cam Norrie there for a few days to acclimatise before heading into the biosecure bubble that is the entry point to the two tournaments being held in New York. After their initial practice sessions, the GB foursome plan to move to the Long Island hotel at the weekend that will be home for the duration of the relocated Cincinnati Open and US Open, which will be staged back-to-back at Flushing Meadows. Andy Murray is being accompanied only by physio Shane Annun and coach Jamie Delgado, with restrictions on the size of entourages. He and brother Jamie flew yesterday.
Delgado, speaking before their departure at the Pro Series event at St George’s Club in Weybridge, talked of the long hiatus. He said: ‘It’s been frustrating — it’s lingered for a while but, at the end of the day, he (Andy Murray) wants to be out there competing against the best players in the world and doing what he loves. ‘He’s still motivated, of course he is — he’s super determined, absolutely, and that’s the goal, no doubt, to get back competing against the best players again.’ Kyle Edmund has taken a different route to New York, flying to Miami to meet up with his Argentinian coach Franco Davin, who became ill with coronavirus during lockdown but has recovered.