{"id":22203,"date":"2013-08-29T01:54:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T23:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/wimbledon-champ-murray-to-have-night-match-against-llodra\/"},"modified":"2013-08-29T01:54:44","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T23:54:44","slug":"wimbledon-champ-murray-to-have-night-match-against-llodra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wimbledon-champ-murray-to-have-night-match-against-llodra\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon champ Murray to have night match against Llodra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=14832\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14832\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14832 \" alt=\"Old rivals: Andy Murray and Michael Llodra at the 2012 Australian Open, the last time they met in competition. Photo: Getty Images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/4efd3_andy-murray_2654603b-600x374.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old rivals: Andy Murray and Michael Llodra at the 2012 Australian Open, the last time they met in competition. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s Andy Murray have to wait until the night session of day three to begin his US Open title defence \u2013 and hope the weather does not intervene.<\/p>\n<p>The Wimbledon champion\u2019s opening match against Michael Llodra will begin Wednesday\u2019s night session at 7pm local time (00:00 BST, Thursday).<\/p>\n<p>And with the forecast suggesting thunderstorms will threaten New York, the Scot faces the prospect of going into day four having not completed his first match.<\/p>\n<p>Top seed Serena Williams plays Galina Voskoboeva in the third match on Arthur Ashe Stadium, while American 15th seed Sloane Stephens and Urszula Radwanska follow Murray\u2019s match in the night session.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/murray-now-a-hunted-player-ahead-of-us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\">Murray, 26, is ready to face a barrage of attacking tennis when he finally steps onto court<\/a> with Frenchman Llodra.<\/p>\n<p>The third seed has won all three of his previous matches against Llodra, who enjoys coming to the net and will be hoping for a hot evening in New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conditions here obviously can change a lot from day to day,\u201d said Murray. \u201cWhen it\u2019s warm here it\u2019s pretty quick, probably the quickest of the Slams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it\u2019s cool in the evening, it slows down significantly, so I\u2019ll have to wait and see.\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">BBC Sport<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more US Open news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/4efd3_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old rivals: Andy Murray and Michael Llodra at the 2012 Australian Open, the last time they met in competition. Photo: Getty Images Britain\u2019s Andy Murray have to wait until the night session of day three to begin his US Open title defence \u2013 and hope the weather does not intervene. 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