Andy Murray ahead of US Open

Andy Murray admits he’s playing the best tennis of his life as he looks to capitalise on the growing frailties of his rivals and capture a second US Open title for his fourth Grand Slam.

Since losing the French Open final to Novak Djokovic in June, Murray has won Queen’s Club, a second Wimbledon title and successfully defended his singles gold medal at the Rio Olympics.

But that hasn’t dented his confidence that he can claim a second US Open, four years after his breakthrough in New York saw him become the first British man in 76 years to win a Grand Slam title.

Murray has played in all of the first three finals of the majors in 2016, losing to world number one Djokovic in Melbourne and Paris before putting Milos Raonic, one of the sport’s widely-hyped new generation, in his place in a straight-sets spanking in the Wimbledon final.

After he won a maiden French Open to complete the career Grand Slam, all talk was of the Serb going on to defend his Wimbledon and US Open titles and clinch a calendar Grand Slam.

Since his French Open win, losses at Wimbledon, Rio and a withdrawal from Cincinnati has derailed Djokovic’s momentum.