Murray beats Kyrgios to reach fifth Australian Open Semi-Final!

Andy Murray is safely through to his 15^th Grand Slam semi-final after a stunning straight-sets 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3 win over teenager Nick Kyrgios at the Australian Open.

Murray, now unbeaten in 11 matches against Australians, sealed an early break when leading 3-2 in the first set and went on to wrap it up 6-3.

The British No.1 faces in-form Tomas Berdych in the last four with the Czech, now coached by Dani Vallverdu, yet to drop a set in the tournament.

Back on the Rod Laver Arena the second set was a tighter affair but two-time Grand Slam champion Murray produced a couple of world-class lobs under pressure to win the tie-break and take control of the match.

Andy Murray & Nick Kyrgios by Getty Images

Kyrgios fought until the end and clawed his way back from a break down to get back on serve at 4-3 in the third set but Murray broke straight back before calmly serving the match out.

Nick Kyrgios by Getty Images

Afterwards, Murray said: "It was a tricky match pretty windy, tough for both of us. I had to start as quickly as possible, I knew what he is capable of and didn't underestimate him.

"Nick is a huge hitter so I tried to keep te ball out of his reach. I played a slightly different style tonight - and thankfully it worked.

"Tomas is another big, big hitter of the ball. He has played extremely well throughout the tournament - I don't think he has lost a set yet. It is going to be tricky."

Head 2 Head: 

Tomas Berdych so far:

Round 1 v Alejandro Falla 6-3, 7-6(1), 6-3

Round 2 v Jurgen Melzer 7-6(0), 6-2, 6-2

Round 3 v Viktor Troicki 6-4, 6-3, 6-4

Round 4 v Bernard Tomic 6-2, 7-6(3), 6-2

Quarter-final v Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-0, 7-6(5)

Andy Murray so far:

Round 1 v Yuki Bhambri: 6-4. 6-4, 7-6(3)

Round 2 v Marinko Matosevic: 6-1, 6-3, 6-2

Round 3 v Joao Sousa: 6-1, 6-1, 7-5

Round 4 v Grigor Dimitrov: 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5

Quarter-final v Nick Kyrgios: 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3

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Did you know?

Tomas Berdych proposed and got engaged to Ester Satorova during the tournament, popping the question last Tuesday! 

Mixed Doubles:

Earlier in the day, Jamie Murray’s Australian Open campaign ended when he exited the mixed doubles with Hao-Ching Chan in the second round.

Murray, the 2007 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion, and Chan led the match against Andrea Hlavackova and Alexander Peya by a set and a break before going on to lose 6-3, 4-6, 5-10.

Jamie Murray by Getty Images

Juniors on court:

Emily Arbuthnott is through to the quarter-finals of the girls’ doubles after beating No.5 seeds Priscilla Hon & Jil Belen Teichmann 7-5, 7-5.

After the match, @emilyarbuthnott posted on Twitter: “Doubs quarterfinal tomorrow at #AusOpen @emiliefrancati @BritishTennis”

The all British pair of Maia Lumsden & Katie Swan are out of the competition though after going down 6-0, 4-6 5-10 to Raquel Pedraza & Wushuang Zheng.

Brits in action on Wednesday:

Men’s doubles:

Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea v Jean-Julien Rojer & Horia Tecau

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Junior Girls’ singles:

Katie Swan v Shilin Xu

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Junior Girls’ Doubles:

Emily Arbuthnott & Emilie Francati v Xinyu Gao & Olivia Tjandramulia

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