Andy Murray prepares for his second round match at Miami Open while James Ward is ruled out for two weeks with sore knee
- Andy Murray will play Colombia's Santiago Giraldo at the Miami Open
- As he prepares for the match, countryman James Ward has flown home
- Ward was preparing for a tournament, but has to rest his sore knee
- Murray has been boosted by a newly-extended three week gap in the tennis calendar, allowing him six weeks of grass court tennis in the UK
Andy Murray goes into his next match at the Miami Open against Colombia’s Santiago Giraldo on Sunday, but his Great Britain Davis Cup colleague James Ward has had to fly home to rest a sore knee.
Ward, the British No 2, has paid a high price for his heroic win over John Isner in Glasgow earlier this month, having lost three first rounds subsequently, and now finds himself out of action for two weeks.
He was due to play in Guadeloupe next week but instead has gone back to London, where he eventually hopes to be able to begin preparation for next month’s clay court events, once his knee has settled down.
Andy Murray is gearing up for a Miami Open clash with Colombia's Santiago Giraldo on Sunday
James Ward has had to return to England to rest his sore knee, and won't play in Guadeloupe as planned
Giraldo, Murray's Miami Open opponent on Sunday, is number 31 in the world rankings
Murray, who plays Colombia’s world No 31 Giraldo in the third round on Sunday, expects to team up with Ward this summer at Queen’s Club for the Davis Cup quarter-final against France.
With the newly-extended three-week gap between the French Open and Wimbledon, it will mean six weeks of high profile grass court tennis in the UK, and Murray feels the longer run-in after Paris will help him.
‘I think it’s better for me if there are more weeks on grass,’ he said.
‘A lot of the players will go and spend a week at home after Roland Garros whereas for me I can easily practise on grass, for a lot of the players it’s not easy to get on grass courts.’
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