Murray plays down expectations

Andy Murray is urging caution.

He says it is “unrealistic” to expect him to win the Australian Open, which starts on Monday, so soon after recovering from surgery on his back.

Murray, of course, is right. The Australian Open is a gruelling tournament, one during which temperatures have soared into the high 40s centigrade, so hot that eggs really can be fried on the concrete walkways surrounding Melbourne Park.