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The United States has the highest number of
confirmed COVID-19 cases in the world and reported over 50,000
cases daily during the last seven days.
The U.S. Open, which is due to start on Aug. 31, will be held
without spectators, and organisers are planning to set up a
strict bio-security "bubble" around the tournament to mitigate
the risk of contracting the virus.
"Four or five weeks ago, we were pretty sceptical about it,"
Murray told British media. "But mentally at some stage you need
to start preparing and planning for that.
"If it wasn't happening, my schedule for practising, my rehab,
would all be a bit different. Mentally I'm planning for it to go
ahead."
Murray, a three-time Grand Slam singles winner, returned from a
seven-month injury layoff last month at a charity event
organised by his brother Jamie.
"The issue for us is the travel, so we'll probably be a bit
apprehensive getting over there," he added. "Hopefully the U.S.
Open can go ahead ... but if not, I'm also OK with that.
"It's not like I'm saying it must go ahead. So long as it's safe
for the players then we need to try to get back to competing."
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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