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Folowing his loss to Novak Djokovic in five sets in the semifinals, world no. 4 Andy Murray said he beleives he is getting closer to the top 3 in his post match interview. 'Tonight's match was important for many reasons,' Murray told reporters. 'Obviously I wanted to win first and foremost. But also sort of after last year, the year that Novak's had, I think there's a ...

For nearly five hours, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray battled themselves and each other playing in an epic semifinal which the world no.1 eventually won 63, 36, 67, 61, 75 to reach the Australian Open final where he will take on Rafael Nadal. It will be the third straight Slam final between Nadal and Djokovic an Open era record for the men. In the  infal set, Djokovic led 52 but Murray fo...

Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova have got a lot of heat from the media for their grunting. And as the two ladies prepared to battle each other in the finals on Saturday for the title and the world no. 1 rankings, they were asked about the grunting again. 'I guess some people are just bored. They created that machine that can measure it. So I mean, money well spent, huh' Azarenka s...

Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva have won the Australian Open women’s doubles title on Friday, beating Italian duo Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 57, 64, 63. Kuznetsova, a twotime Grand Slam singles champion, and Zvonareva have one previous Grand Slam doubles title with a different partner. “We were a lastmoment signup for doubles and I think we were pretty good at it...

American Bethanie Mattek Sands has reached her first Grand Slam final in the mixed doubles event of the Australian Open. The 26yearold American and Romanian partner Horia Tecau scored a 63, 63 win over Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi of India. They'll play the winner of the other semifinal between Roberta Vinci and Daniele Bracciali of Italy and Elena Vesnina of Russia and Leander Paes o...

Defending Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic saved three break points in the 11th game of the final set to hold serve before breaking Andy Murray to clinch their semifinal 63, 36, 67(4), 61, 75 in four hours and 50 minutes. "You have to find strength in those moments and energy, and that keeps you going, I guess. At this level, very few points decide the winner, as it was the case tonigh...

Despite falling to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open semifinals Friday, Andy Murray said, "It was tough at the end 'cause obviously you come back, then you get close to breaking. To lose, yeah, it's tough. But [Im] a different player, [with] a different attitude to this time last year. I'm proud of the way I fought." [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

ATPWorldTour.com takes a look at the news and talking points at the Australian Open on the second Friday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

World No. 1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the Australian Open final for the third time on Friday night after edging twotime runnerup Andy Murray 63, 36, 67(4), 61, 75 in a pulsating semifinal clash in Melbourne. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

The Bryan Brothers are one win away from winning a record 12th Grand Slam doubles title. The top seeded duo will take on the unseeded pairing of Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek. The topseeded brothers had to fight off a match point and rally from a 52 deficit in the thirdset tiebreaker to beat Robert Lindstedt of Sweden and Horia Tecau of Romania. “I think we maybe got a little lucky,&...

Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic all feature in the Top 10 of the Bloomberg BusinessweekHorrow Sports Ventures Power 100 rankings. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

Rafael Nadal, who beat Roger Federer at the Australian Open on Thursday, says that reaching his 15th Grand Slam championship final is a fantastic way to the start the new season. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

Croatia's Ivan Dodig and PBZ Zagreb Indoors tournament director Branimir Horvat presented an ATP ACES For Charity grant cheque, for 10,000 euros, to Children's Home manager Jelica Belosevic on Wednesday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

Police issued two traffic tickets to Bernard Tomic after waiting outside his home while he spoke to a lawyer in the latest episode of a feud between the teenage Wimbledon quarterfinalist and local officers. Australian media reported that officers tried to pull over Tomic, who did not stop but drove his BMW sports car back to his home at Southport on Australia’s Gold Coast. Two officers w...

World no. 1 Novak Djokovic is not certain that Andy Murray’s new coach, eighttime Grand Slam champion Ivan Lendl, can make an immediate difference in Muirray's play. 'I don't notice any significant difference,' Djokovic said. 'Obviously, he's always been very successful in Australia at the start of the year. He has always been very fit and very committed. He'...

Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 67(5), 62, 76(5), 64 in 3 hours and 42 minutes to advance to the final of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday. It was Nadal's 18th win in 27 career meetings between the two and Nadal's 8th win in 10 Slam meetings over the Swiss. 'We have had good matches over the years,” Federer said. “I enjoy playing him. The crowd really g...

Maria Sharapova advanced to the finals of the Australian Open on Thursday with a three set win over Petra Kvitova. The Russian will take on Victoria Azarenka in the finals and the winner will become the new world no. 1. “It means so much to be back in a Grand Slam final, a stage I have to before a few years ago here,” said Sharapova, 24, after beating Kvitova 62, 36, 64 in Thurs...

Victoria Azarenka beat Kim Clijsters in three sets on Friday to reach the finals of the Asutralian Open her first career Slam final. Azarenka is also in contention for the top ranking. She will meet Maria Sharapova in the final and the winner will become world no. 1 next week.   'You're just like relieved and you're happy and you're like excited. There&...

ATPWorldTour.com takes a look at the news and talking points at the Australian Open on the second Thursday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

World No. 2 Rafael Nadal reached the Australian Open final for the second time on Thursday night in Melbourne as he defeated longtime rival Roger Federer 67(5), 62, 76(5), 64. It was only the seventh time in their 27 meetings that the player who did not win the first set went on to clinch the match, and saw Nadal extend his FedEx ATP Head2Head lead over Federer to 177. [[More Tennis News on ATPWo...

Defending champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were pushed to the brink of defeat at the Australian Open Thursday, saving a match point to edge No. 7 seeds Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau 46, 63, 76(5) in the semifinals. The American twins have now won 23 straight matches in Melbourne and are bidding to win their fourth title in a row at the event. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

World no. 1 Novak Djokovic survived a tough opponent and an injury scare to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open on Wednesday the third time in the last 4 Slams that all the top 4 men have reached the semis of a Slam. The Serb beat David Ferrer, the fifth seed, 64 76(4) 61. “It was a great match. We played almost three hours,” Djokovic said of the battle. “After ...

Andy Murray moved into the semi finals of the Australian Open with a 63 63 61 win over Kei Nishikori on Wednesday. “I think I just didn't play good enough to beat him,” Nishikori said simply. “He was making me run side to side all the time. Same time was tough for me to play longer points.” “There were quite a few good rallies,” Murray said. “He ca...

Maria Sharapova scored an easy 62 63 win over countrywoman Ekaterina Makarovato reach the semifinals of the Australian Open. Sharapova is now just two wins away from winning her second Australian Open title and reclaiming the No.1 spot, a position she hasn't been in since June 2008. 'I've said this, just before the tournament, a few weeks before, I woke up and I was jut so happ...

Petra Kvitova scored a hard fought 64, 64 victory over Italian Sara Errani to reach her third career Grand Slam semifinal. Her previous two semifinal showings were at Wimbledon in 2010 and 2011. “Of course, I’m really like to be here in the semifinal in the Australian,” said Kvitova, who always seems placid off the court. “Of course, I want to win the semifinals...

Former world no. 1 Martina Hingis is in Melbourne this week for the legends event at the Australian Open and the Swiss Miss says she thinks Caroline Wozniacki needs to be more aggressive if she wants to win a Slam. 'Today you just can't let yourself get pushed back. That's what she has to do. She has to try to move in, step forward, otherwise there is always going to be somebody com...

Australian Open semifinalist Kim Clijsters will not compete in Belgium’s Fed Cup firstround match with Serbia in February, team captain Ann Devries announced on Wednesday. “Kim confirmed it to me yesterday,” said Devries. “She explains the decision, which we understand, by the two difficult weeks she’s had in Melbourne, as well as her ankle injury.” In ...

ATPWorldTour.com takes a look at the news and talking points at the Australian Open on the second Wednesday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

Top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated fifth seed David Ferrer of Spain 64, 76(4), 61 on Wednesday to set up an Australian Open semifinal against fourthseeded Scot Andy Murray, which will be a repeat of last year's title match. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]