Murray needs time to reflect on what the future holds after New York exit

ANDY MURRAY will fly home to Britain today, thinking carefully about what his next steps may be after his US Open campaign ended abruptly here in the second round.

- Simon Cambers

The 36-year-old was beaten 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 by Grigor Dimitrov yesterday and, though he was not as dejected as he was after losing to Stefanos Tsitsipas at Wimbledon in July, he admitted the next few months could determine how long he continues to strive for more big moments in the sport.

And that could start with missing the Davis Cup group stage in Manchester later this month.

“The plan was to play Davis Cup, but if I’m being honest, the other guys deserve to play ahead of me,” Murray said, a statement that must have been hard to admit for a man who has won three Grand Slam titles, two gold medals, been ranked world No1 and who led

I still enjoy everything that goes into playing at a high level, but if I start going backwards that may change Andy Murray