What a shame, the Nadal/Murray match had to end with a retirement. It was really getting good in that second set, both players were starting to play great tennis, especially Murray, who dominated with his serve and returned great against Nadal. After losing the second set in a tie-break, all hope for a come from behind, win quickly flew out the window for Nadal, his right knee gave out on him and rather than risk injuring it any further, he chose to retire, putting Murray, in the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time in his career.
I like, what I saw from Murray in this match, if he manages to return this well against Cilic, he's got a great chance of reaching the finals and maybe, just maybe, my prediction will come true and he'll win his first major at the Australian Open.:)
The Roddick vs Cilic match, was a strange battle of ups and downs. First Cilic, came out playing amazingly well and crushed Roddick in the first two sets. Roddick, managed to claw his way through set number 3 and then in the fourth, Cilic's game fell through the floor, while Roddick's couldn't have been better, he dominated up until 5-0 when Cilic suddenly found his game again but still managed to serve out the set 6-2. In the deciding set Roddick faltered, his shoulder injury flared up again and Cilic was able to take the fifth set 6 games to 3.
This is Cilic's, first appearance in a grand slam semi final. Because it's only his first time and because Andy Murray returned unbelievably well against Isner and Nadal I'm going to give him the edge to beat Cilic but it wouldn't surprise me if this next match turned out to be very close. Think I'll take Murray over Cilic in 5 sets and then Murray will meet Roger in the finals.:)
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