Murray excited by baby news

Former Wimbledon champ Andy, 28, told friends and family that his new wife Kim, 27, was pregnant last week. He admitted he’s having his best season since 2011, but noted: “I’m coming in here with the same mindset as a lot of other players”.

Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka are already well-versed in juggling the demands of family and tennis. The Frenchman shocked many with his excellent and unexpected performance, as he beat three of the Big Four in a single tournament.

With Roger Federer taking the week off, one crowd favourite is sure to be Rafael Nadal, who won his first hardcourt title here as a 19-year-old in 2005.

In the last 16, the British No 1 could come up against either world No 15 Gael Monfils or the unsafe Fabio Fognini, who also meet on day one of the tournament. Anything can happen, but if Tsonga isn’t playing his best like he was last year, or during this year’s French Open, it’s going to be very hard for him to defend his title in Montreal.

Andy Murray might have to defeat both of last year’s US Open finalists if he is to reach the Montreal Masters final. “Hopefully I can play some good tennis and get the opportunity to play against him”.

Murray, by contrast, helped Britain into the Davis Cup semi-finals the week after play concluded at the All England Club.

Murray lost his opening match this week at the Citi Open in Washington.

“You need to get used to them again, My match was two and a half hours long, so that’s a positive in some ways”.

Victory would keep Murray on course for a possible semi-final with Nishikori, who he defeated at the same stage on the way to winning the Madrid Masters title earlier this year. He opens against Feliciano Lopez or Tommy Robredo in the second round.

“It proved to me that I could be on the court and rival the best players in the world”.