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====2020: First top 10 win in three years====
Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], numerous tournaments on the [[2020 ATP Tour]] were either cancelled or rescheduled for later in the year.
Murray's first ATP tournament of 2020 was at the [[2020 Western & Southern Open|Western & Southern Open]] in August in which he entered as a wildcard. He beat [[Frances Tiafoe]] in the first round and world No. 7 [[Alexander Zverev]] in the second round, his first victory over a top-10 player in over three years and the 102nd of his career.<ref>{{cite news|title=Murray beats world number seven Zverev|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/53893535|access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref> He lost his third round match to [[Milos Raonic]] in straight sets.<ref>{{cite web |title='It was poor, didn't play well, not a good day' – Andy Murray reflects on loss to Milos Raonic |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/other-sport/it-was-poor-didnt-play-well-not-good-day-andy-murray-reflects-loss-milos-raonic-2953439 |website=The Scotsman |date=26 August 2020 |access-date=3 October 2020}}</ref>
 
In his first round match at the spectator-less [[2020 US Open – Men's singles|US Open]] Murray came back from two down to narrowly defeat [[Yoshihito Nishioka]] in five sets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/us-open-2020-murray-gets-001010944.html|title=US Open 2020: Murray gets ice bath after 'pretty special' win|website=in.news.yahoo.com|access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref> Then inIn the second round he lost in straight sets to the 15th seed [[Felix Auger-Aliassime]].<ref>{{cite web|date=4 September 2020|title=Flawless Felix Auger-Aliassime ends Andy Murray's journey in straight sets|url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/us-open-men/2020/flawless-felix-auger-aliassime-ends-andy-murray-s-journey-in-straight-sets_sto7868064/story.shtml|access-date=19 February 2021|website=Eurosport}}</ref>
 
He then entered the [[2020 French Open – Men's singles|French Open]] as a wildcard but was defeated in the first round in straight sets by [[Stan Wawrinka]].<ref>{{cite news |title=French Open: Andy Murray loses to Stan Wawrinka, Dan Evans beaten by Kei Nishikori |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/54310494#:~:text=Andy%20Murray's%20return%20to%20the,the%20French%20Open%20first%20round.&text=Evans%20has%20lost%20on%20all,%2D6%206%2D4%20defeat.|website=BBC Sport |access-date=3 October 2020}}</ref>
 
Murray's last tournament of the year was the [[2020 Bett1Hulks Indoors – Singles|Bett1Hulks Indoors]] where he received a wildcard and lost in the first round to [[Fernando Verdasco]] in straight sets. He did not enter the [[2020 European Open – Singles|European Open]] and thus failed to defend his title.
 
====2021: Wimbledon third round====