Wimbledon Champion Andy Murray has admitted that the anticipation of returning to Flushing Meadows to defend his US Open crown was exciting, while getting set to start the Montreal Masters in the second round after a bye in the first.
According to Fox News, Murray revealed that although he wanted to do well at Montreal, he would be lying if he said that he was not thinking of the US Open.
The Montreal Masters will be his first time on a hard court since March and his first opportunity to play since winning Wimbledon a month ago.
The world number two Scot starts against either Bulgarian talent Grigor Dimitrov or Spaniard Marcel Granollers, winner of the Kitzbuehel clay title, the report said.
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