Australian Open 2012: Andy Murray Vs Michael Llodra

Friday, January 20th, 2012 at 5:35 pm , filed under Australian Open by Terry Lawrence

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The Britain top seed Andy Murray will take on Frenchman Michael Llodra in the third round at 2012 Australian Open championship at 00:00 GMT on Saturday 21^st January, schedule to begin on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park.

The 24-year-old Murray, who has been looking in great form at the Australian Open tournament, he had advances into the third round, after beating Edouard Roger-vasselin in second round in three sets with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 score line. Scot has thrashed Ryan Harrison of United States in four sets with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in opening set. Murray has begun the season with Brisbane International, who has clinched the championship for the first time in Brisbane.

World No. 45 Michael Llodra has overcome against Alex Bogomolovjr of United States in five sets with a 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4 in opening round. Michael Llodra ha showed best performance in the World Tennis Challenge, where he has won all qualifying matches against Stanislas Wawrinka, Tommy Haas and Alexandr Dolgopolov.

Both the players are meeting for the third time in career, where Murray leads with a 2-0 win loss head-to-head record against Frenchman Michael Llodra. The pair last meet at 2008 US Open championship, as Murray won the match in four sets with a 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 and 7-6(7). The predications’ favor Murray can win the third round match in three sets and make move to Australian Open fourth round on Friday.

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