Andy Murray faces Nick Kyrgios first with Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka

Andy Murray will play Australian Nick Kyrgios in the US Open first round as the Scot bids to win his third grand slam title.

“Kyrgios has had a lot of trouble against Murray, who’s able to defend against his game really well”, said Darren Cahill, former coach to Andre Agassi, at Thursday’s draw.

Earlier this month he was heard on camera making lewd suggestions regarding Wawrinka’s girlfriend Donna Vekic and another Australian player, Thanasi Kokkinakis at the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Here, Press Association Sport takes a closer look at Murray’s potential route to glory at Flushing Meadows. The 28-year-old failed to convert five match points against Fededer in last year’s Shanghai Masters second round, the pair’s only previous meeting.

Djokovic plays Joao Souza in the first round while Nadal faces a tricky encounter against promising 18-year-old Borna Coric.

NICK Kyrgios has been handed a nightmare first-round draw at the US Open, while his fellow Aussies are on a collision course.

“I think he could achieve winning Grand Slams, could be like one of the top players in the world”, McEnroe told reporters. Kyrgios further mentioned that he had issued a private apology and highly regretted the events that had transpired.

“As an Australian I’m just bitterly disappointed that a countryman in the heat of the battle can come up with such derogatory comments towards another tennis player”.

The 2012 Olympic gold medalist, who won the US Open back in 2012, has been knocked out at the quarter-final stage in the last two years but will be hopeful of going all the way this time round.

At Wimbledon, she made a joke of never mentioning the “S-word” (the Serena Slam) but all who tried to press her on the subject soon discovered she meant it. Here, though, she simply looks edgy and nervous.

“I wasn’t feeling so well and wasn’t feeling the ball so great”, said Vekic, per Berman, referring to the hot court conditions in her match as the reason for her discomfort.