Former British Number One Tips Andy Murray For US Open Title

Former British number one, Gregory Rusedski, has tipped Andy Murray to win the 2016 US Open title.

The Scot became the first tennis player in the history of Olympics to win the men's tennis event title back to back, and he has been seeded number two ahead of the last Grand Slam of the year.

World number one, Novak Djocovic who also crashed out of the recently concluded Olympic Games in the quarter finals in Brazil will be heading to Flushing Meadows as top seeded player at the events.

Rusedski said that Djokovic's recent performances has given him away from winning the title, saying the Serb's form does not live up to his ranking.

"I would say he is slightly the second favourite," he said. "If you look at his form, he lost in the third round of Wimbledon and Olympics first round."

Murray won his second Wimbledon title and went on to win a second successive Olympic gold in the singles in Rio.

Rusedski also believes the return of Ivan Lendl as the British number one's coach is having an effect on Djokovic.

"It's just a bit of doubt creeping possibly into his mind," he told BBC Scotland.

"If you look at Murray when Lendl is in his corner, he seems to win majors. Before Lendl, there was no majors. After Lendl, there was no majors.

"All of a sudden, when Ivan comes back, Murray wins Wimbledon again."