Andy Murray advances into Australian Open semis

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 at 9:35 am , filed under Australian Open by Terry Lawrence

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The World No. 4 Andy Murray has entered into the 2012 Australian Open semi finals on Wednesday, after beating Japanese top seed Kei Nishikori in the quarter finals.

The three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray has become the third player to reach Australian Open semi finals easily at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park. Scot has been showing outstanding performance from the beginning of the 2012 season, where he also bagged opening ATP Tour title at Brisbane International, beating Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine in straight sets with a 6-1, 6-3 in the final.

The 24-year-old Murray, who has reached Australian Open final for two consecutive times in 2010 and 2011, he is aiming to win the maiden championship this month at Melbourne Park. He also record fifth consecutive Grand Slam appearance, where he is looking forward to play high level tennis in semi finals. Murray said he will face tough challenge in semi finals and is going to give 100 percent to win the match.

Scot will meet either World No. 1 Novak Djokovic or David Ferrer of Spain in the Australian Open semi finals on Friday at Melbourne Park. Murray is having the most of the chances to meet defending champion Novak Djokovic in the semi finals. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are the other two players to reach Australian Open semi finals on Tuesday, where both the players will clash against each other for 29th time in career.

Tags: Andy Murray, Australian Open 2012, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer