Andy Murray, who won his Dubai opener on Tuesday, wasn't quite sure he had shingles until his mother-in-law got involved. Murray had returned from the Australian Open and had noticed a rash developing on his side. “I had a little bit of a rash basically like on my bum 'round to kind of my stomach, and it wasn't terrible. But then normally if you have a little bit of a rash and you scratch it, it feels better. But with that, it was really, really painful. “I didn't think much of it at the beginning, and then it was actually my wife's mum, we were having dinner, and I was, like, 'This is really irritating'. She was, like, 'Pull your...
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Emirates ATP Rankings World No. 1 Andy Murray arrived early in the United Arab Emirates this week and the 2012 finalist is hoping his extended preparations pay-off at the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
It can be hard to recall now, after so many months of Andy Murray playing so well on the ATP World Tour, but the Scot did experience a down period during his career season of 2016. The dip happened right about now, 12 months ago, after the Australian Open and before the European clay-court season began in April. Murray won only two ATP World Tour matches during the two-month span, losing in the third round of both the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells and the Miami Open presented by Itau. This year, Murray is playing the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships before heading into the March Masters. He's hoping the tournament helps him enjoy a better stretch than he...