Andy Murray makes Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic assertion after US Open loss | Tennis Information

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Andy Murray admitted that he's "actually proud" of what he has managed to attain on the 2022 US Open regardless of a loss towards Matteo Berrettini on Friday. The Italian beat Murray 6-4 6-4 6-7(1) 6-3 in what was the Scot's first ever round-three look on the Flushing Meadows since 2016. And following his admission, the 2012 US Open champion made an enormous assertion evaluating himself to the likes of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

Murray did certainly come shut within the match towards the No.13 seed, saving eight break factors en path to profitable the third set on tie-breaker. However ultimately succumbed to a fitter and stronger opponent. The 35-year-old is but to beat a top-20 participant in a Slam since his return following the hip surgical procedure, shedding to Stan Wawrinka (2020 French Open), Denis Shapovalov (2021 Wimbledon) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (2021 US Open). However Murray, who solely reached the third-round of a Slam for the second time in over 5 years, mentioned: “I've bought a metallic hip. It isn't straightforward enjoying with that. It is actually troublesome. I am stunned I am nonetheless capable of compete with guys which are proper up on the prime of the sport.

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“Matches like this, I am actually proud that I've labored myself right into a place the place I am in a position to do this. I am actually disillusioned that, you understand, I did not recover from the road at present. However, I get reminded like that is the primary time you have made the third spherical right here since 2016. It has been six years. It has been a troublesome six years for me. It has been actually exhausting. Though it is the primary time I've solely made the third spherical right here, I am actually pleased with the trouble that I put in to get myself again into these positions. So I am hoping that sooner or later I can go additional, however contemplating, I did all proper.”

Murray then in contrast himself to Nadal and Djokovic saying that whereas he has been capable of hit the ball in the identical approach as his earlier self, he has been unable to maneuver across the courtroom as freely as the 2, who maintained their health in the identical approach they did five-six yr again.

“A variety of the issues really feel the identical, however clearly I am simply not fairly able to the kind of motion and physicality that I used to be 5, six years in the past,” he mentioned. “I feel should you watch Rafa and Novak shifting across the courtroom now who're comparable age, I feel they're shifting fairly just like how they have been 5, six years in the past, whereas for me there's clearly been a little bit of a drop-off there. That may have an effect on you by way of how it's a must to play the factors. Possibly you simply do not monitor as many balls down as earlier than. Possibly the attain is not simply fairly as a lot because it was. However by way of the photographs and every part, there's nothing that's stopping me from hitting the identical photographs as I did earlier than.

“I might need to be doing higher, however I am nonetheless proper there with guys within the final couple of weeks, I did not win the matches clearly towards Cam (Norrie in Cincinnati) and towards Berrettini, but it surely was fairly shut."

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