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Andy Murray insists return date for tennis is unimportant right now

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Andy Murray was speaking after thrashing Rafael Nadal at the Virtual Madrid Open.

Andy Murray does not think getting the professional tennis circuit back up and running should be a priority any time soon.

The men's ATP and women's WTA tours are suspended until July 13 due to the coronavirus pandemic and Murray has previously said he expects the sport to be one of the last ones to resume due to the travel required.

The world's top players are currently restricted to playing tournaments on a computer game, with Murray taking part in the Mutua Madrid Open Virtual Pro this week.

It was after a demolition of Rafael Nadal on the PlayStation game that the Scot sounded his warning about a quick return for the sport.

"I'm sure all tennis players want to get back to competing and playing as soon as possible," Murray said. "But right now that is not the most important thing.

"First of all, we want to get our normal lives back, just being able to go out, see friends, go to restaurants and have your normal freedoms.

"And then hopefully over time, things will start to allow for travelling and sport will be able to go back to normal as well. But I don't see that happening very soon.

But Murray, who also defeated Denis Shapovalov to make it three wins from three in the group stage, retorted: "I haven't played this game until four days ago. Some people just have it and some people don't, and he is just not very good at the game. It was a very comfortable match."

The four-day charity initiative will donate 50,000 euros (£43,592) to the Madrid Food Bank to help reduce the social impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The winner of each tournament will get 150,000 euros (about £130,000) from which they will be able to decide how much they donate to their colleagues on the tour who have been worst affected by the suspension of play.

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