Australian Open: Confident Novak Djokovic set to battle Andy Murray for title

6-4, 6-2 victory sets up a final against five-time champion Novak Djokovic in Sunday’s title match.

Murray’s older brother Jamie also reached the Australian Open final in doubles.

If Murray loses on Sunday, he’ll have lost five Australian Open finals – more than any male player has lost at the same grand slam in the open era. But, I’ve obviously played very good tennis here.

“I just want him to win”, insisted Jamie. “It doesn’t matter what’s happened in the past really – it’s about what happens on Sunday”, he said. “It’s about what happens on Sunday”.

epa05132761 Andy Murray of Britain in action against Milos Raonic of Canada during the semi final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 29 January 2016.

“We’ve played a bunch of times here”, Murray said.

Popular usage to the contrary, the definition of insanity is not actually doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

Murray has had a lot on his mind this time. His wife, Kim, is back in Britain and due to have their first baby next month.

“I haven’t watched any of his matches here”, Murray said of his brother Jamie.

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

Lloyd, an Australian Open finalist in December 1977, thinks the Murray camp will be focusing on those two victories.

The Serbian world number one hit a level rarely seen in tennis as he yet again dismissed the great Roger Federer to reach his fifth straight Grand Slam final at the Australian Open. It was Raonic’s only service break of the match, with Murray fending off six other break-point chances.

It was only after he had to take a medical time-out early in the fourth set that he started to struggle because of an injury to an adductor muscle which increasingly affected his serve and his movement. I think both of us will try to serve high percentage of first serves and not allow the other player attack the second serve too many times. “I hope we can carry it on and play for many more matches like this”.

Soares lost his serve on two occasions in the opening set but he and Murray responded in the second, breaking in the fifth game en route to sealing it 6-4.

“I guess that was sort of just the whole frustration of everything sort of getting out”, said Raonic, who tends not to be demonstrative on court.

“Whether or not you’re able to cope with the pressure in these particular moments, fighting against some of the best players in the world for the major trophy, of course there’s a lot at stake”.

Murray will have his hands full against top-ranked Djokovic, who won 27 of his 28 matches in Grand Slams in 2015.

Graf did just that, in a text message, the No. 7-seeded Kerber said Friday.

“When I hear predictions that are positive, of course, it does flatter and add to your confidence”, told reporters on Saturday.

The pair combined to beat Czechs Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7-6(1) 6-3 to add the Melbourne Park crown to the Wimbledon and U.S Open titles they won past year.