Murray out of US Open with hip injury

Andy Murray has pulled out of the US Open, failing to recover from the hip injury that has now plagued him for months.

The Brit, ranked No.2, joins Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic as absentees from the injury-blighted event, now missing five of the world’s top 11 and three of the “Big Five”.

Murray was troubled by the hip complaint in his quarterfinal loss at Wimbledon to Sam Querrey, and subsequently skipped Masters tournaments in Montreal and Cincinnati.

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He arrived in New York and was practising at Flushing Meadows ahead of the year’s final Grand Slam event, before making the decision not to compete.

“I did pretty much everything I could to get myself ready here, took a number of weeks off after Wimbledon, spoke to a lot of hip specialists, tried resting, rehabbing to get myself ready here and was practising OK the last few days but it’s too sore for me to win the tournament,” he said.

“Ultimately that’s what I was here to try and do, so unfortunately I won’t be playing this year.

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“If I get myself fit and healthy, there is no reason why I can’t (come back at the same level). I have been practising here and been competitive in practice when I’m not moving close to how I can when I’m healthy.

“I want to be back on court as soon as I can. If it means that I can play before the end of the year, then that’s what I would love to do. I miss competing, and I’ll try to get myself back on court as soon as I can.

“But obviously I’ll need to make the correct decision and really think it through these next couple of days with my team.”