Andy Murray withdraws from US Open due to injury

London, Aug 27 : Scottish tennis star Andy Murray has become the latest top player to pull out of the US Open, citing a nagging hip injury.
"I did pretty much everything that I could to get myself ready here and took a number of weeks off after Wimbledon," the three-time Grand Slam champion said on Saturday.
The 30-year-old World No.2, winner of the 2012 event, is the fifth player ranked in the ATP Tour's top 11 to withdraw from Flushing Meadows after Serbian two-time champion Novak Djokovic, Swiss defending champion Stan Wawrinka, Japan's Kei Nishikori and Canada's Milos Raonic.
Murray has not played since Wimbledon, where he was upset in the quarter-finals by American Sam Querrey.
"I obviously spoke to a lot of hip specialists. I tried resting, rehabbing, to try and get myself ready here. I was actually practising OK the last few days, but it's too sore for me to win the tournament and ultimately that's what I was here to try and do. Unfortunately, I won't be playing here this year."
Murray appeared to have a favourable draw, and his absence leaves the bottom section wide open. The US Open begins in New York on Monday.
Out of 64 players in that half, Croatia's Marin Cilic -- who has taken Murray's place in the draw -- is the only player to have won a Grand Slam title: the 2014 US Open.
Spanish 15-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal and Switzerland's Roger Federer -- winner of a record 19 major titles -- are in the top half of the draw and could meet for the first time in the US Open if they both reach the semi-finals.