McEnroe: This is Murray's best shot

John McEnroe believes this year's US Open presents Andy Murray with his best chance to break his grand slam duck.

The fourth seed goes into the year's final major, which starts on Monday, as the in-form player of the big four after beating an ailing Novak Djokovic in the final of the Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati last weekend. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have struggled on the US hard courts so far, with both failing to make it past the quarter-finals in Montreal or Cincinnati.

Four-time US Open champion McEnroe said: "The hungriest man in the draw should be Murray. I think this is his best shot to win one."

Murray will meet Indian world number 64 Somdev Devvarman for the first time in the opening round, and his route to the latter stages is likely to involve clashes with Feliciano Lopez and Stanislas Wawrinka, the man who beat him in the third round 12 months ago.

Robin Soderling or Juan Martin Del Potro are potential quarter-final opponents, and for the sixth grand slam in a row Murray finds himself in the same half of the draw as Nadal.

The Spaniard opens the defence of his title against Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev, while world number one Djokovic meets a qualifier and third seed Roger Federer takes on Santiago Giraldo of Colombia.