Andy Murray finally got a much deserved victory over his childhood rival, Novak Djokovic, tonight. His 6-3, 7-6 victory shot him into the fourth masters series semi final of his career.

In his post-match interview following his third round victory, Murray pointed out his need to be aggressive when he met Djokovic and this is the way he came out of the starting blocks tonight. Andy balanced patience with attack perfectly and never allowed Djokovic into a rhythm, drawing a number of unusual unforced errors from the Serb’s forehand throughout.

The match did not go entirely Andy’s way as he found himself behind and facing set point at 5-6, despite having broken twice and squandered other break opportunities. However, in the tie-break the Scot brought out his best game, racing to a 5-1 lead and closing out on his third match point.

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Mentally that’s the biggest win of my career. To come through against him after he beat me so convincingly the last few times. To finally win against him is really satisfying.
Asked if he would be watching the following quarter final to be played following his own match, Murray replied:

I’m gonna go get some sleep. I’ve had a couple of late matches so I’m gonna let my coach watch that one. I like my sleep too much!
I’m sure no Murray fan will grudge him his sleep tonight as he will need to be well rested for his possible semi-final encounter with Nadal tomorrow evening.

The semi-final will be shown live on Sky Sports Extra tomorrow at midnight and whether his opponent is Nadal or Gasquet, this one promises to be another classic.

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Was it not his pre-match interview he pointed out the need to be aggressive?

Just to be pedantic.

It never said third round victory....

lol, is anyone actually gonna talk about the match?!

fantastic performance by andy. he was so solid from the back of the court all the way though which is what forced djokovic into making the errors. novak didnt play badly at all tbh, andy was just too good!

great win!

Fantastic win for Andy.

Yup, pretty sure that is what happened because I think I read your new posts almost immediately after it went live.

Wooooooooooooooooooo go Andy!!