Is Andy Murray playing at the US Open 2022? Schedule, next match for former Flushing Meadows champion

Ben Miller

Is Andy Murray playing at the US Open 2022? Schedule, next match for former Flushing Meadows champion image

As one of only four players to have broken Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer's dominance at the US Open in the 15 years before the 2020 edition, Andy Murray remains a huge name at the final Grand Slam of the year.

The British great has been as frustrated as many fans by his persistent struggle to compete at full pelt or even enter tournaments in recent years, and the Flushing Meadow crowds were delighted to see the three-time major champion return for a third successive US Open appearance.

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Is Andy Murray playing at the US Open 2022?

Murray was named in the draw for the 2022 US Open. He will be unseeded.

Andy Murray's next match

Murray was eliminated from the US Open by Matteo Berrettini in the third round. He put up spirited resistance against the 13th seed but eventually fell 6-4 6-4 6-7 (1-7) 6-3.

The Scot beat Argentine 24th seed Francisco Cerundolo in the first round of the US Open in straight sets before defeating Emilio Nava 5-7 6-3 6-1 6-0.

Andy Murray's US Open record

Murray's win over Djokovic in 2012 was a memorable match even for neutrals: the Scot seized the lead by the slenderest of margins when he won a first-set tie-break 12-10, then edged the second set 7-5.

Djokovic looked to have built up one of his unstoppable heads of steam as he won 12 of the next 17 games, but Murray sped past the Serbian in the final set, taking it 6-2 to claim the title.

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The triumph was the perfect way for Murray to overcome his conclusive defeat in his first final at the tournament, losing in straight sets to Federer, who won his fifth successive US Open title with the victory.

Murray's first appearance at the US Open was in 2005 and he did not get beyond the fourth round in any of his five attempts either side of that final against Federer.

His semifinal spot in 2011, losing to Nadal, was a sign of what was to come the following year, when he dethroned the reigning champion.

Three quarterfinal appearances in four years followed, but Murray has not been beyond the second round since 2016, missing the tournament in 2017 and 2019.

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Andy Murray injury record

The major problems that led to Murray having two hip operations began within three months of the 2017 US Open.

After appearing to try to convince himself that he could battle through the pain barrier, a visibly upset Murray withdrew from the tournament days before the start. Surgery followed in January.

Murray was desperate to feature at Wimbledon 2018 after playing his first competitive match in almost a year but was again forced to pull out at almost the last minute.

A peripheral figure on the tour by that point, Murray did remarkably well to almost progress through gritted teeth in the first round at the Australian open two weeks before the more serious of his operations.

Within six months, Murray won the men's doubles at Queen's and played in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon. He appeared overjoyed simply to be competing until the end of November that year, when issues connected to his hip cruelly kept him out at around the same time an Amazon Prime documentary covering his comeback was released.

Andy Murray

There was talk of Murray having more surgery as he spent another extended period away from the court, and he withdrew from the 2021 Australian Open shortly after contracting COVID-19.

Murray has skipped both editions of the French Open since then but appeared at each of the other Grand Slam events in 2021 and 2022, losing to current world number five Stefanos Tsitsipas in the US Open first round last year.

There were concerns he would miss Wimbledon when Murray picked up an abdominal injury shortly before his home major. American John Isner knocked him out in the second round.

Murray would likely find this an obvious comment were a reporter to suggest it to him, but a change of luck in the draw — avoiding seeds such as Cerundolo — would significantly strengthen his chances of building momentum.

He took the first set in Cincinnati against compatriot Cameron Norrie, who was the ninth seed at the tournament, before losing the next two sets as the Wimbledon semifinalist saw him off.

A puzzling bout of cramps troubled him in the defeat, leading Murray to carry out checks in an attempt to deduce whether the problem may be dietary.

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"We're trying to understand why exactly it's happening," Murray said four days before the start of the US Open.

"I'm doing sweat-testing in these conditions to see if anything's changed in that respect because the sports drinks and the electrolytes and stuff that I drink are made specifically based on my sweat tests.

"I haven't done sweat testing for quite a number of years, so we're just seeing if anything has changed in that respect.

"Some people think it can be hydration-related, conditioning-related, stress-related, whether you've not eaten the right stuff — there can be a number of factors that go into it. It could be an underlying illness that's there, so we're just trying to get some answers.

"If it's conditioning-related, I'm not going to get fitter in the next few days.

"But if there is something else there that I could potentially change, whether it's eating or drinking or illness or something, then there's the possibility that could change pretty quickly."

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Ben Miller has been writing about sport for 25 years, following all levels of football as well as boxing, MMA, athletics and tennis. He’s seen five promotions, three relegations, one World Cup winner and home games in at least three different stadiums as a result of his lifelong devotion to Brighton & Hove Albion. His main aim each week is to cover at least one game or event that does not require a last-minute rewrite.