"Set it to like 35 degrees Celsius and, like, 70% humidity": Murray going through gruelling training to avoid US Open cramping

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Monday, 31 July 2023 at 08:00
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Britain’s Andy Murray has stated what he is doing to be fully prepared for the tennis season in the American region.
The former world number one struggled with fitness concerns last year when he travelled to North America because of the hot weather in the region in summer.
To avoid that this year, Murray, who was quoted in a report, revealed that he reached there early and is now putting different kinds of exercises, including a lot of ‘biking’.
“I mean, I got here pretty early,” he said. “We arrived on Tuesday night, so, yeah, try and get used to the humidity. Obviously had quite a lot of issues last year during American summer with like cramping and stuff like that. Wanted to make sure I got here early to give myself enough time to adjust to that. It's been good.
"So like in preparation I was doing a lot of bike sessions, you know, basically I put the bike in there and we can, like, open the steam room a little bit to increase the humidity, obviously the heaters to get the heat in the room up. Set it to like 35 degrees Celsius and, like, 70% humidity and then I would do my bike sessions in there."
Murray has an impressive record while playing at the US Open where he won back in 2012 after beating the current world number two and Serbia’s legendary tennis star Novak Djokovic in the final in a five-set thriller with a score of 7–6(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2.
However, since then, the 36-year-old has not played in the semifinal or beyond as his best outing was in the 2017 edition where he was knocked in the quarterfinal after losing to America’s Sam Querrey in another five-set thriller with a score of 3-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1, 6-1.

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