Murray enters Italian event after Aus Open withdrawal

Former world number one, Andy Murray will compete in a challenger tournament in Biella next month following his Australian Open withdrawal, the Italian Tennis Federation confirmed on Wednesday. Three-time Grand Slam winner Murray was forced to pull out of the first major of 2021 in Melbourne after he was unable to find what he called […]

Former world number one, Andy Murray will compete in a challenger tournament in Biella next month following his Australian Open withdrawal, the Italian Tennis Federation confirmed on Wednesday.

Three-time Grand Slam winner Murray was forced to pull out of the first major of 2021 in Melbourne after he was unable to find what he called a ‘workable quarantine’ following a positive COVID-19 test on January 14.

The indoor tournament in Biella, which begins on February 15 and has 132 000 euros ($159 918) of prize money, will mark the 33-year-old’s first appearance at a challenger event since competing in Mallorca in August 2019.