The governing body of men’s tennis announced Murray, Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, Australian John Millman and Frenchman Jeremy Chardy will replace Djokovic, John Isner, Vasek Pospisil and Sam Querrey, who stepped down to form the Professional Tennis Players Association.
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Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber has confirmed that Rainer Schuttler has taken over the reigns as her new coach.
A fresh-looking Nadal, whose first round match was cut short after his opponent David Ferrer retired with a calf injury, started brightly against the Canadian and never looked back.
Barring one wobble at the start of the third set, when he was briefly a break down, it was a brutally effective start to the Championships from the world No 1, who won 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 in one hour and 50 minutes.
A lacklustre Murray lost to Canadian world number 129 Vasek Pospisil in the second round at Indian Wells last week