Andy Murray only came to the O2 Arena as a training partner. However, his Davis Cup boss Leon Smith believes there is reason to be optimistic about the immediate future of the former world number one.
Eight weeks are left before the new season starts on the ATP tour. For those professionals who are currently competing in London for the last big single title of the year, this may be too short a period of time to recover and prepare for the new season. This is probably the most important thing for Rafael Nadal, who takes a break from his knee earlier than planned. Andy Murray has other worries: his time off from professional tennis has been too long, and in London the man who won last year’s ATP Tour Finals is making himself available as sparring partner.
However, Murray, who had a show fight in Glasgow last week, is still a long way off his form of competition,”It’s still a long way to go before he can fight his way through a full match,”Leon Smith, the British Davis Cup captain, told The Telegraph.
“But when you look at where Andy was eight weeks ago and the fact that it’s just two months away from Australia, his condition is already encouraging,”Smith continues. Murray could now fully concentrate on his return to Brisbane, which is likely to take place in Brisbane.
The last match the father of the two men recently won in 2017 was the last match in the Wimbledon quarter-finals against Sam Querrey. Murray let himself loose in the tableau at the US Open, but had to cancel immediately before the tournament started.