Murray set for a rest

Andy Murray
12 April 2012

Andy Murray plans a week of rest following a hectic spell of action in Great Britain as he bids to make sure he is not burnt out again at the US Open.

Murray will not compete until he begins his attempts to claim a third consecutive Rogers Cup title in Montreal, a tournament which begins on August 8. The Scot earned his month off after following his run to the Wimbledon semi-finals by helping Britain to a Davis Cup promotion play-off against Hungary in September thanks to a 4-1 win over Luxembourg.

"I'm going to go over to the States a week on Monday or Tuesday and I'll be there until the US Open," said Murray, who dropped just nine points on his serve in his two singles matches. "I'll take a few days off now, I don't know if I'll go away somewhere or stay in London. My fitness trainer is getting married on Saturday so I'm going to that."

He added: "I would like to stay (in Scotland) but I have things to do, as always, it never stops."

Murray will do the bare minimum fitness wise until travelling to the United States and has ruled out appearing at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles later this month.

Murray said: "I don't feel good when I do nothing and then train full-out, my body feels stiff, so I'll do some yoga or pilates to keep a bit in shape, but nothing stressful over the next 10 days.

"I'll probably have a game of football at some point, then when I go over there I'll start training but I'll build up, I'm not going to go full out straight away.

"I'll get ready for Montreal. I messed up last year by playing in LA because my body was struggling by the time I got to the US Open."

The British number one again stressed his eagerness to play in the Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II play-off against Hungary but will only do so if he is 100% fit following the US Open.

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