Andy Murray reaches Australian Open final with five-set win

“Martina is an incredible champion and it’s a privilege for me to play with her”.

“He’s known around the tour for one of the hardest working guys and somebody that really puts in the hours on the tennis court, and off the tennis court tries to flawless his game”. And in three of those previous finals, he has been beaten by the Serb.

It will be a rematch of the 2015 Australian Open: Novak Djokovic vs. Andy Murray.

Indeed, only three other men have made five Australian Open finals; Stefan Edberg, Roger Federer and Djokovic, who will play his sixth.

“Five finals is a great achievement”, said Murray. “I have a very good shot on Sunday if I play my best tennis”. I wasn’t allowing him to dictate as numerous points as I was at the beginning. “It’s about what happens on Sunday”.

“Superior physical sturdiness, mental strength and experience saw Murray through against a volley of 23 aces from the strings of the hugely improved Canadian”, says Barry Flatman of The Times. “Hopefully it can be a different result”.

Kim is reportedly due to give birth to the couple’s first child within the next couple of weeks.

The big-serving Canadian had the measure of Murray, the world number two, until the injury cruelly struck and he angrily smashed his racquet on the court floor as the match slipped away in the fifth set.

Sears spent a night in a hospital, but was considered well enough to return home.

In an unusual start, the first seven points of the match went against serve, with Raonic breaking at love and then facing triple-break point before holding for a 2-0 lead.

Raonic was bothered an upper right leg injury late in the third set that needed a timeout, and in the fourth set had work done by a trainer.

Murray served out the set to even up the contest again and grabbed two breaks early in the decider as the wincing Raonic’s level dropped, the Canadian’s racket feeling the brunt of his frustration after the first.

Nestor said: “I want to congratulate our opponents”.

“I’ve played him many times and been in the situation before where I haven’t won specific tournaments, like Roland Garros for example, against players like [Rafael] Nadal who were dominating there”, the world number one said in his pre-match news conference.

‘Adding to that the fact that I am able to make history is of course just an additional encouragement and incentive for me to do well.

Murray outlasted 13th seed Milos Raonic 4-6 7-5 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-2 in Friday’s semi-final at Melbourne Park.

Murray was pummelled in a disastrous opening set by Djokovic, who weathered a fightback from the Scot to win 6-1 7-5 7-6 (7/3). She is bidding for a 22nd career Grand Slam title, which would match Steffi Graf for most all time.

For now, Murray is planning on playing.

In his on-court speech, an emotional Jamie told his brother: “Andy you should be in bed, I don’t know why you’re here taking photos”.

It was the second time Raonic had been in a Grand Slam semifinal.

In the women’s doubles final Friday, Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza beat the Czech pair of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7-6 (1), 6-3 to claim their third Grand Slam title together.