By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, March 5, 2020
"I'm training to try and get ready for Miami," Andy Murray told Amazon Prime Video.
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Andy Murray aims to launch his comeback in Miami later this month.
The 32-year-old Murray has been sidelined since his three-set win in the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid last November due to pain in his surgically-repaired hip.
Initially, Murray's doctors diagonosed the problem as a bone bruise related to his hip resurfacing surgery from January, 2019. Doctors now believe the issue is a bone growth.
Currently ranked No. 129, Murray hs resumed hitting and hopes to be healthy enough to take a wild card into the Miami Open, which starts on March 23rd with men's main-draw matches beginning March 25th.
"I'm training to try and get ready for Miami," Murray told Amazon Prime Video Sport. "I've done so much rehab these last few months that, in terms of my strength and everything, all of the muscles around the hip are working well, it's just I hadn't played tennis."
The ATP Comeback Player of the Year winner said he's increased his on-court training time and believes, barring injury setback, he can launch his 2020 season in Miami where he previously trained.
"I'd hit like twice since Davis Cup for like 40 minutes in a three-month period so I need some time to build up and feel good on the court again," Murray said. "That's my plans just now unless I have a setback or something."
Murray is a two-time Miami champion having raised the title trophy in 2009 and 2013. He was runner-up to Novak Djokovic in 2012 and 2015. Murray has not played Miami since 2016 when he fell to Grigor Dimitrov in his opener.
Defending champion Roger Federer will not be in Miami this month as he continues recovery from recent arthroscopic knee surgery.
The three-time Grand Slam champion conceded he thought his competitive career could be done prior to his comeback from hip resurfacing surgery he underwent on January 28th, 2019 following a tearful Australian Open exit.
It was Murray's second hip surgery in a year.
Nearly 10 months after his surgery, the 32-year-old Briton claimed his 46th career title and first since Dubai in February of 2017 when he fought off 34-year-old Stan Wawrinka, 3-6 6-4 6-4 in front of a packed house at the European Open in Antwerp.
Murray concluded 2019 with an 11-7 record earning ATP Comeback Player of the Year honors.