//Andy Murray Advances, Coco Gauff Falters at Western & Southern Open

Andy Murray Advances, Coco Gauff Falters at Western & Southern Open

The men’s tennis tour resumed Saturday after a five-month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.

NEW YORK — Andy Murray wore a coronavirus-conscious mask on his way to the unusual, no-spectators setting and avoided handshakes when he left. In between, the three-time Grand Slam champion offered his usual mix of hustling and muttering.

Murray’s first match in nine months as he resumes his climb back from two hip operations came at the first ATP tournament for anyone in five months, a 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-1 victory over Frances Tiafoe at the Western & Southern Open on Saturday.

“Physically, I thought I did pretty well,” said Murray, who won Wimbledon twice and the U.S. Open in 2012. “I moved maybe better than what I expected to.”

The men’s tennis tour had been suspended since March because of the pandemic; the resumption came at a hard-court event moved from its home in Ohio to