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Andy Murray says he could return to playing singles at the Cincinnati Masters next month. The Briton (32) has been competing in doubles since June having had a hip resurfacing operation in January.
He is playing doubles with brother Jamie at the Citi Open this week but had previously said it was “pretty unlikely” he would play singles at the US Open, which starts on August 26.
“Best-case scenario probably would be Cincinnati,” said Murray.
“Then if I wasn’t able to play in Cincinnati, there’s a good chance I would probably wait until after New York because I wouldn’t want my first tournament to be playing best of five(sets).”
The men’s singles event at Cincinnati starts on August 11. After playing with this brother this week in Washington, three-time Grand Slam champion Murray is due to partner Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in the doubles at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, which begins on August 5.
He and Lopez won the doubles title at Queen’s in June, which was the Scot’s first tournament since his career-extending surgery. —BBC Sport.
