Nick Brown backing Andy Murray for Flushing Meadows glory

For me, he’s had a great response after his disappointment at Wimbledon [losing to Federer in the semi-finals]. I thought he was going to win Wimbledon this year, the way he was playing, but Federer just played a sublime match on that day.

But Murray came back. He played pretty good in the Davis Cup [GB’s victory over France] – not his best, but he got through it – and his victory over Novak Djokovic in Montreal will give him massive confidence. Yes, he had a blip in Washington in his first tournament back, and lost a semi-final in Cincinatti to Federer.

But the latter was a tight match and he’s had plenty of time to recover and prepare himself. He knows what he has to do going into a big tournament.

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Unless he has a really bad day, I can’t see him losing to Nick Kyrgios in his opening match. However, the Australian is dangerous. He dismantles his game, but there's an unknown quality to him.

The night match will favour Murray, the conditions will be slightly slower than they would be during the day. Kyrgios has got to bring his a-game, for sure. You can see him winning a set. But I still can’t see Andy not beating him.

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Absolutely. Sometimes it’s good to have a tough draw because mentally you prepare yourself for tough matches. His draws before have been tough and they’ve been easy – they come and go. This time it's looks difficult.

The tougher the matches, as long as physically you avoid injury and don’t spend too long on court before a big match, it won’t hinder him. He’s one of the fittest guys out there. He’s got the perfect game for this sort of court. He’s won here before, so there’s a lot of positivity around the way he’s playing. He’s been working with a sports psychologist to channel his anger, not beating himself up when he doesn’t do what he expects to do. He’s in a really great place.

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Federer has a tricky draw too, so I think Murray can go all the way. When it’s down to playing finals, it’s just on the day. The levels these guys play at, it’s all about percentages. If you’re slightly below par, you’re going to be in trouble. He has the confidence of beating Djokovic for the first time in two years, so that’s going to be in the back of his mind.

Also, Djokovic has only won the US Open once [2011]. It’s quite hard to fathom, given he likes playing on hard courts. His record on hard court Masters series and at the Australian Open is incredible and yet he’s not able to transfer that to the US Open. That’ll play on Djokovic a little bit. I can see Murray going all the way.