Andy Murray admitted he has been left with an uphill battle as rain continues to play havoc with the schedule on day ten of the US Open.
Murray is still waiting to complete his fourth round match against Donald Young and faces a possible four best of five sets matches in four days although the men's final will almost certainly get moved to a third Monday."It's incredibly difficult anyway with the guys who are at the top of the game but there's not a whole lot we can do," Murray said.
"The days are quite draining. Today, for example, we were told 4.30pm [to play] so we were warming for 4.30pm, then it was 4.45pm, and it's every 15 minutes until 5.30pm. So we're warming up, warming up and they're putting it back, putting it back, and then we get cancelled at 5.45pm. So that whole hour - getting in the right frame of mind, warming up, adrenaline going - it's tough."
Murray managed to play just three games against Young before rain hit Flushing Meadows again with the American leading 2-1 on serve. However the fourth seed was furious that they had even been asked to take to the courts with parts of the surface still very damp.
"It was still raining when we went out and you can't play on a hard court when it's raining because the lines are so slippy," he said. "They had towels along the back of the court, it was still soaking wet and the balls were going into puddles. The referee said it wasn't in play but if you chase down a lob or you're pushed back, it is in play. They [referees] stand on the court and say it looks alright, but if you try moving at the speed we're moving at and changing direction, it's completely different. It just didn't make sense."