Andy Murray has postponed his takeoff to Australia yet at the same time wants to start his season in Brisbane in January.

The three-time Grand Slam champion has not played a focused match since Wimbledon due to a hip condition.

The Scot is because of play in the Brisbane International, which begins on New Year's Day, prior to the Australian Open in Melbourne from 15-29 January.


Murray, 30, had initially wanted to go to Australia before 25 December.

The twofold Wimbledon champion, who endured a hip issue after the French Open in May, stays on the section list for Brisbane.

Murray, who has slipped to sixteenth on the planet rankings, was beaten by America's Sam Querrey in the Wimbledon quarter-finals before going to New York in late August for the US Open, yet he hauled out two days before the competition started having neglected to recuperate adequately.

His last open appearance was at a philanthropy coordinate against Roger Federer in Glasgow toward the beginning of November, where he took a set from the current year's Australian Open and Wimbledon champion.