Murray believes Federer is on the wane :: Mmegi Online

If Andy Murray really is favourite for the US Open - a peculiarly British perspective - he is keeping his buoyancy in check. He does think, however, that the main threat to his ambitions of winning his first grand slam, Roger Federer, "has lost a little bit", and that's as close as the Scot has ever come to criticising the former World No1.

Murray on Tuesday night tip-toed through a minefield of leading questions before beginning his final tune-up for Flushing Meadows, but even the most diplomatic interpretation of his responses would suggest he believes this is his time.

Less than a fortnight before Flushing Meadows, eight of the world's top 10 players are in Mason, Ohio, for the Cincinnati Masters, and Murray reckons quietly that he has the measure of all of them - including Federer, whom he beat fairly convincingly in Toronto on Sunday.

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