He his set to face Raonic in ONE of the semi final pairings. Andy Murray already has two grand slams to his name, but has lost four finals in the Australian open. Murray has now made it to 18 grand slam semi finals, With 11 aces to none and 49 winners, Murray was a convincing victor as his momentum kept growing and he will now look to take that into his next match on Friday.
His progression means Britain have representatives in the semi-finals of both the men's and women's competitions at a Grand Slam event for the first time since 1977.
Murray beat: Zverev(6-1 6-2 6-3) Sam Groth(6-0 6-4 6-1) , Souse(6-2 3-6 6-2 6-2) b. Tomic(6-4 6-4 7-6) and David Ferrer en route the semi finals.
Andy Murray is a Olympics gold medalist. At the 2012 US Open Murray became the first British player since 1977, and the first British man since 1936, to win a Grand Slam singles tournament, when he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final in five sets.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
The world No 1 admitted he rested instead of practicing for the Nishikori match and is relishing his 45th encounter with Federer.
didn't hit a tennis ball and sometimes it's actually good to rest your mind and rest your body," said Djokovic. "Less is more sometimes."
Looking ahead to Federer, he said: "I've played Roger 44 times, Rafa (Nadal) 45 I think, so it seems like half of my career match-ups were against these two guys and we keep on playing against each other in more or less every big tournament.
"It's always a great challenge to play both of these guys and Roger, I mean, you don't need to spend words about his achievements. What he has done for this sport, he's a great champion, someone I have a lot of respect for and we're going to have a good match."
Federer was twice thwarted by Djokovic at two Grand Slam tournaments last year, losing to his regular foe in the final at Wimbledon and the US Open
Djokovic has won 10 Grand Slam singles titles and has held the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a total of 182 weeks. By winning three Grand Slam titles in 2011, Djokovic became the sixth male player to win three Grand Slams in a calendar year. He repeated this achievement in 2015. In Grand Slams, Djokovic has won an Open Era record 5 Australian Open titles 3 consecutive titles from 2011-2013 and is the first and only player to achieve both feats.
on his way to the semi finals, Novak Djokovic beat: h. Chung, 6-3 6-2 6-4, Halsy 6- 1 6-2 7-6, Seppi 6-1 7-5 7-6 , g. Simon 6-3 6-7 6-4 4-6 6-3 and kei Nishikori.
ROGER FEDERER
The Swiss player, now 34, has now reached 39 Grand Slam semi-finals and was a convincing winner against Berdych.
At the end of a tight first set, he dominated the tie-break to gain an advantage and broke serve five times as he eased to victory from there.
Federer said: "Tomas has caused me a lot of problems over the years and it's a pleasure playing against him.
Federer has reached 27 men's singles Grand Slam finals, including 10 in a row from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships to the 2007 US Open, both statistics being records.
He also appeared in 18 of 19 finals from the 2005 Wimbledon through to the 2010 Australian Open. He reached the semifinals at 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments, from the 2004 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open .
At the 2016 Australian Open he played in a record 65th consecutive Grand Slam tournament, reached a record 47th Grand Slam quarterfinal and a record 39th Grand Slam semifinal.
players Federer beat en route the semi final are: Basilashvili ( 6-2 6-1 6-2) Dolgopolov (6-3 7-5 6-1)
Dimitrov(6-4 3-6 6-1 6-4) Goffin (6-2 6-1 6-4)
MILOS RAONIC
Raonic is the Most surprising semi final entrant as most people would have picked players like Wawrinka(whom Raonic defeated en route getting to the semi finals) and Nadal ahead of him.
IN 2014, Despite an ankle injury, Raonic reached the third round of the Australian Open where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov This injury, however, forced him off the courts for a month. He returned in March to play the BNP Paribas Open where he would beat Andy Murray to reach the quarterfinals. However, Raonic would end up losing to Alexandr Dolgopolov in straight sets. At the Miami Masters he reached the quarterfinals for a second consecutive Masters 1000 tournament, where he lost to Rafael Nadal This run saw him return to the top 10 in the rankings.
Statistically, his serve is one of the strongest on the tour. In 2012, he served more aces per match and won a higher percentage of service games than any other player. Novak Djokovic has commented that Raonic "has one of the best serves in the world. Very powerful, very precise."
THE SEMI FINAL PAIRINGS:
NOVAK DJOKOVIC VS ROGER FEDERER
ANDY MURRAY VS RAONIC
WHO WILL WIN THE FIRST GRAND SLAM OF 2016?
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