With the Shanghai Rolex Masters kicking off this week, world number two Andy Murray is returning back to the courts. The Brit took much needed time off and said about the time off, “Mentally I feel fresh, which is good.” The amount of tennis the Brit has played this year is astounding, especially since he is currently almost running a one-man show to try and give Great Britain its first Davis Cup title since 1936.

Murray’s last two months

Murray started his summer season off in Washington DC with a surprise visit to the Rock Creek Park’s Citi Open. It was a short-lived stay for him as he was knocked out in his first match by Teymuraz Gabashvili in three sets. After that, it was the beginning of back-to-back Masters events. At the Rogers Cup in Montreal, the world number two stormed his way to the title. He knocked off the likes of Tommy Robredo, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Kei Nishikori, and then Novak Djokovic to take the title. Many thought that after dropping the second set, the world number one would take the title, but Murray held firm in the third set to take it in three.

In Cincinnati, Murray was looking to complete an elusive Canada-Cincinnati double which was last done by Rafael Nadal back in 2013. After taking out American Mardy Fish in his opening match, the Brit fell into some trouble. He went three sets against Grigor Dimitrov, coming from a double break down in the third and went three again against another player with a one-handed backhand, Richard Gasquet. He was taken out by Roger Federer in the semifinals in what was another fine serving performance from the Swiss maestro.

After a week off, it was back to work for the Brit at the US Open. His stay at Flushing Meadows was surprisingly short-lived as South African Kevin Anderson knocked him out in the fourth round in four tightly-contested sets.

The last time we saw Murray was at the Davis Cup Semifinals against Australia. He opened up the tie with a straight sets win over Thanasi Kokkinakis. After Australia leveled the tie at one apiece, Murray took it upon himself to try and get Britain ahead once again by partnering with his older brother Jamie Murray. The pair had to battle hard but took it in five over the team of Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Groth. It was the world number two who finished off the tie by taking the fourth rubber over Bernard Tomic in straight sets.

Since then, Murray has taken time off for almost a month to keep himself fresh for the final swing where he will play Shanghai and the on the European indoor swing. It is still to be determined whether or not he will skip the ATP World Tour Finals in order to prep for the Davis Cup Final which will be on clay in Belgium.