Andy Murray lost the match but did enough to remind why he has won Grand Slams in the past and might yet do so again in the future. At 1.17am, before the unruly remnants of the Flushing Meadows crowd, he finally succumbed to the barrage of Novak
Andy Murray is watched by his coach, Amélie Mauresmo, during practice at Flushing Meadows. Photograph: Art Seitz/Splash News/Corbis. Amélie Mauresmo tried quietly but firmly when she joined Andy Murray's coaching
Andy Murray had to overcome cramp and a dogged Dutchman in the US Open first round.
If Andy Murray is to win the US Open, he will have to do to Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals on Wednesday what he did to him in the final two years ago: break his heart. On the evidence of their contrasting wins in the fourth
"Murray has provided the most compelling evidence of the year here in New York that 2015 should have much to offer, but Djokovic remains out of reach for now. Murray matched the world number one throughout the first two sets, but Djokovic was the