Andy Murray: “I felt sad to see the stands without an audience”

Andy Murray played his first game of the 2020 season at the Cincinnati Masters 1,000 on Saturday (That year is played in New York) after being 10 months without competing since he did it in the last Davis Cup with the United Kingdom team.

Murray, who is playing the tournament with an invite (he has also received it for the US Open that starts next week also in New York), returned with victory after beating American Frances Tiafoe in three sets Although, despite this, the British regretted the special conditions in which the tournament is being played.

The Scotsman regretted the lack of public in the stands because of the coronavirus pandemic and how it affects the games. “ANDI am looking forward to racing but I also want to add, as I said before, that I have walked through the stands after my training yesterday, and I felt a little sad because this place is usually very lively at this time of year. The fans create the atmosphere and make the tournament what it is. “

Murray hopes to keep giving spectacle at the Masters 1,000 in Cincinnati, where he hopes to continue to meet again with his best tennis, although in the second round a very demanding rival such as the German Alexander Zverev awaits him. A new challenge for the Scotsman in search of the way to return to the tennis elite.