Will Murray be fully fit for the US Open? (Picture: Getty) Andy Murray has no chance of winning the US Open if he’s not fully fit and insists the bar is too high for him to compete at anything less than 100%.

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The world No. 1 has endured a miserable season at the summit of the ATP rankings and is set to lose top spot in the coming weeks, with both Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer hot on his heels.

Should Murray fail to reach the final in Flushing Meadows, it will be the first year since 2014 – and just the second since 2009 – that he’s not reached the last day of a major, having fallen in the fourth round in Melbourne, the semi-finals at Roland Garros and in the last-eight at Wimbledon.



Henman is concerned about Murray’s fitness (Picture: AFP/Getty) And Henman insists things won’t be much better for the Scot at the US Open if he is not at peak fitness.


‘He’s got to be fit and healthy,’ Henman told Sky Sports.

‘The standard is so good you can’t compete unless you’re 100% healthy so it will be interesting to see what his schedule is in the summer and in the lead up to the US Open, but hopefully he can regain that fitness and start challenging for the biggest titles again.’

Henman also advised Murray against following in Federer and now Djokovic’s footsteps of taking an extended break and believes that should only be a last resort.

‘You’re not going to take a break for the hell of it,’ he added. ‘Federer needed to take that break because he’d had a knee operation and his knee wasn’t right.

Djokovic is set for a break (Picture: Getty)

Federer has enjoyed a triumphant return (Picture: Corbis/Getty) ‘At the end of the day the most important thing is your health and, as I said, you can’t compete at the top of the game unless you’re 100 per cent healthy or extremely close to it.

‘Murray’s had problems with his hip. I know that he’s having a lot of tests at the moment and scans and seeing specialists to try and get to the bottom of that. And hopefully he can be back competing soon.’

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