Video : Murray fit to defend US Open title

Andy Murray insists he is ready to defend his US Open title when the final Grand Slam of the season gets underway on Monday.

Murray said : “Physically I have felt better every week, I mean going from the grass to hard court is challenging on the body it hurts the first week or two weeks hurts of the hard court because it is a fairly harsh surface. It is tough and each day my body has got more and more use to it and by the time the tournament comes around I will be ready.”

“I took quite a big break after Wimbledon which I don’t normally do but I needed to take a little bit of time away from the court. I did not play so well in Montreal, but I played better in Cincinnati and I started practising here again yesterday and each day I am feeling better on the court so hopefully by the time the tournament comes around I will be feeling good.”

“Coming here last year I did not know if I could win a Grand Slam or if it was going to happen. I had lost in the final quite a few times and was doubting myself quite a lot so to finally get over that hurdle it obviously helps going into slams and obviously feel more comfortable going into later stages of a tournament.”
“I don’t think there is a favourite. I don’t really buy into favourites that much because in a sport like tennis because of the skill that is involved from one day to the next, you can play great tennis one day and then wake up a couple of days later and feel horrible so i don’t think there is a clear favourite – Novak has played great tennis on the hard court and obviously Rafa would be the form player just now how well he has been playing.”