- Scot thrives on channelling energy of live crowd
- Murray faces Yoshihito Nishioka in first round
Andy Murray wants to fill his lungs and start yelling at the top of his voice again to help him go deep at the US Open, which starts on Monday to the clanking echo of empty stadiums.
Murray briefly went into the main draw at Flushing Meadows on merit from his world ranking of 129, after the Australian Alexei Popyrin joined the refuseniks two weeks ago; then the former champion had to rely on a wildcard after losing to Milos Raonic in the last 16 of the Cincinnati Open this week pushed him back to 134 in the world.
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