Andy Murray has been confirmed as a wildcard Entrant for the US Open.
Several players have withdrawn from the Grandslam due to coronavirus concerns, including Rafael Nadal, Nick Kyrgios and Women’s world number one, Ashleigh Barty.
But Murray, who has previously said he is “willing to take a risk” to play at the event, looks set to be at the event after competing st the Western and Southern open.
The 2012 champion currently ranked world number 129 in the world, has been handed a wildcard for the event, although he will likely hand it back as he is the first alternate and there could be more withdrawals.
Another champion, Kim Clijsters has also been given a wildcard.
Clijsters won the 2009 US Open as a wildcard and returned to the tour in 2020 after eight years away.
Seven American men and women also received wildcards. The men are Ulises Blanch, Maxime Cressy, Sebastian Korda, Thai-Son Kwaitkowski, Michael Mmoh, Brandon Nakashima and JJ Wolf.
The women are Ursue Arconada, CiCi Bellis, Francesca Di Lorenzo, Caroline Dolehide, Ann Li, Robin Montgomery and Whitney Osuigwe.
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