Andy Murray enters challenger occasion in Italy after withdrawing from Australian Open
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Andy Murray has entered a lower-tier challenger match in Italy subsequent month after withdrawing from the Australian Open with the coronavirus.
Murray is listed to play an indoor match in Biella beginning Feb. 15, the Italian Tennis Federation stated Wednesday.
The match has 132,000 euros ($160,000) in prize cash.
Murray examined constructive for COVID-19 shortly earlier than he was resulting from board a constitution flight to Melbourne, the place he had been given a wild-card entry.
Murray is a former No. 1 who’s presently ranked 123rd as he works his manner again from hip points that led to 2 operations.
He final performed a challenger occasion in August 2019 in Mallorca, Spain, whereas recovering from his hip issues.
Also entered for the Biella match are 54th-ranked Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who additionally examined constructive for COVID-19 earlier than his deliberate journey to Australia, No. 74 Lucas Pouille, Sebastian Korda, Andreas Seppi and Lorenzo Musetti.
