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Andy Murray beat Alex Bogomolov Jr in straight sets on Monday © Getty Images

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Andy Murray remains hopeful a player boycott at next year's Australian Open will be avoided.

Fears that the Association of Tennis Professionals could engineer a strike over a pay disagreement have surfaced - with players unhappy at the percentage of Grand Slam revenues allocated to players - particularly to those who fall in the opening rounds.

But Murray, who led threats for a strike over the tennis calendar last year, remains hopeful that a resolution will be found in order to avoid a strike action.

"I hope it doesn't come down to that," Murray said. "I think that's bad for everybody, really. There are so many things that go into something like that, with lawyers, forming unions, all sorts of different scenarios that need to be thought through first.

"I think right now it's a long way away, but I don't know how serious everybody is about it. If in the next month or two months they get everything sorted and ready to go, then I'll have a better answer.

"The majority of the players want to see a change in the grand slams. Who knows what's going to happen?"

Murray, who kicked off his US Open campaign with a 6-2 6-4 6-1 victory over Alex Bogomolov Jr on Monday, admits there is plenty of room for improvement ahead of his second round clash with Ivan Dodig.

"I just didn't serve well most of the match. That's why I felt OK when I lost serve I broke straight back both times," Murray said.

"I won in three sets. I didn't serve very well. Only lost seven games in three sets, so I must have done something well. I would have liked to have served a bit better because I wasn't getting many free points on my serve. Because of that, there were a lot more rallies."

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