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Andy Murray is determined not to let anything stand in the way of his bid for a maiden grand slam title, not even the weather.

With Hurricane Irene set to reach New York this weekend, Murray admits it has not been the most conventional preparations for the final major of the year, just days after an earthquake disturbed his training on Wednesday.

"I have never seen anything like it before," he said of the 5.8 level quake emanating from Virginia. "I was sitting down in the locker room. I had just come in from practice and I thought I was going to faint, that I was dizzy. In the lunch hall it was really bad, they evacuated the gym and everyone upstairs. The ground was shaking for three minutes."

With weather warnings in place for the weekend, Murray has revealed he has contingencies in place as he refuses to let even an act of god get in the way of his preparations.

"We have booked practice courts indoors for Saturday and Sunday in case the weather is really bad, so we are at least able to get some hits in," Murray said. "It could prove a bit of a nightmare."

Murray heads into the US Open on the back of victory at the Western & Southern Open in Ohio. The last time Murray won in Cincinnati, he went on to reach the final in New York, and despite falling to Kevin Anderson in Montreal earlier this month, the British No. 1 believes he is peaking at the right time.

"The last two years I played great in Canada and played a little bit worse from then on," he said. "[This year] I felt even at the start of Cincy I wasn't playing great but got much better towards the end of the week. I need to make sure I am peaking for these tournaments. I think I have done a good job of that. I feel pretty fresh, hit a lot of balls and had good matches."

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