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Masterful Murray teaches host rising star lesson in Australian Open

Xinhua, January 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

Scot Andy Murray beat Australian hopeful Nick Kyrgios 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3 and reached the semifinals at the Australian Open on Tuesday.

Murray only encountered the resistance in the second set. Both didn't have chance to break until the tiebreak. Kyrgios was eager to kill the set in his home crowd, but Murray, who had steady all-court game, won the set by some sizzling passing shots.

"Yeah, I thought I responded well in the second set. I raised my intensity at the start of the second set. I knew I just had to hang on to my serve. He was really comfortable on my serve. I definitely had my chance in the tiebreak, you know, 5-4 serving. I mean, if I take that, yeah, it's a different match," Kyrgios said.

"It was a really good experience. That was my first Aussie Open Grand Slam match playing on Rod Laver, so that was really cool. But he was way too good for me tonight. There are some things I can take from that match and get better at. Yeah, he was just way too good for me."

Kyrgios added that his first intention was to recover from a back complaint before playing tournaments in Marseille and Dubai.

Murray will meet Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in the semifinals. Endi