Andy Murray Will Quit Australian Open Early if Baby Comes

Andy Murray says he's ready to leave the Australian Open early so as not to miss the birth of his first child.

His wife Kim Sears isn't expecting until mid-February, but Murray tells the Daily Mail newspaper in Wednesday's edition that he's prepared to withdraw from the first major of the year if she goes into labor prematurely.

"I'd go home. For sure, yes," Murray said. "I want to make sure at the beginning I am there as much as I can be to try and help out, just be there for whatever is really required of me."

The Australian Open in Melbourne, where he's been runner-up four times, runs from Jan. 18-31.

Regardless of his result there, Murray says he's taking all of February off, and won't play…