US Open: Five questions

Andy Murray starts his US Open campaign this week and Sky Sports expert Mark Petchey has answered five key questions about the New York tournament.

The British No 1 has already won the Wimbledon title and Olympic gold this year, and will be hoping to add another Grand Slam trophy at Flushing Meadows.

Standing in the way of the Scot will be a tough field of opponents, including world No 1 Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.

Sky Sports expert Petchey offers his opinion on whether Murray can repeat his 2012 triumph and also assesses his title rivals…

Is Murray playing the best tennis of his career?

He’s got to be close to the best tennis of his career in terms of the ease of victory over quality opponents. I think that’s always a really good time when you are winning as comfortably as he was in Cincinnati. That was, of course, before he ran out of a bit of gas and ran into a player that was playing great tennis in Marin Cilic.

There’s no doubt that he’s in the sort of form that he believes can keep winning in majors, again and again. Not just a one-off. But it’s a long journey to get through these draws and there are lots of potential difficult hurdles that can come your way. In terms of where he is now mentally, more than anything, he’s in one of the strongest periods of his career.

Will fatigue be a factor for Murray?  

We saw the effect that a couple of long matches had on Andy at the French Open. By the time he got to …

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