"I look at this week as a great opportunity" says Murray on playing in Cincinnati

Andy Murray received a wild card entry into the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati and he views it as a great opportunity.

Andy Murray last played in the Olympic Tournament in Tokyo in the doubles draw. He and Joe Salisbury came really close to reaching the medal round but crashed out one round earlier. For Murray, it was frustrating to lose both that match and skip the singles event. He recalled:

“It was hard and frustrating to have to miss the opportunity to play in another big event again. It was tough because I obviously felt like I had built up some sort of momentum during Wimbledon. Since then I have been back and practising and building up. I arrived nice and early on Monday and have just been preparing since.”

Murray has been given a wild card for the Western & Southern Open and the British player was happy to accept. He views this week as a great opportunity to build up some more momentum:

“I try to focus on the short term, as it's been very difficult to plan medium and longer-term targets because of various issues that I have had this year. I just need to take things very much each week at a time now and give all my energy to each match and each event that I play and see where I am at the end of the US Open."

Murray is happy to be back in Cincinnati as well having had success there in the past. On that he said:

“In my career, I have enjoyed playing here. It's a great event. I’m very thankful they gave me (a wild card), but hopefully, I have done some good things for their event over the years, too."