HIGHLIGHTS

• British pair Andy Murray and Daniel Evans have accepted wild cards
• It will be Murray’s fourth hard-court tour-level event of the season
• Andy Murray will be making his second appearance in North Carolina

England pair Andy Murray and Daniel Evans have accepted wild cards into next week’s Winston-Salem Open, a hard-court ATP 250 event, the tournament announced on Thursday.

Former World No. 1 Murray competed at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati this week in just his fifth tour-level singles event of the season, falling to Hubert Hurkacz in the second round.

Murray was added to the main draw of the US Open following the withdrawal of Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka.

The three-time Grand Slam champion, who had hip surgeries in 2018 and 2019, has played only a handful of ATP Tour-level events this year having missed the Australian Open because of a positive COVID-19 test and opting out of competing at the French Open.

Murray, who won his first Grand Slam at the 2012 U.S. Open, reached the third round at Wimbledon but withdrew from the singles at the Tokyo Games on the advice of his medical team, dashing his hopes of a third straight Olympic title.

The 34-year-old played in the men’s doubles in Tokyo, losing in the quarter-finals.

The US Open runs from Aug. 30-Sept. 12.