adminMIAMI. — Third-seed Andy Murray recovered from an early setback to beat Austrian Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday to reach the semi-finals of the Miami Open tennis tournament where he will face Czech Tomas Berdych.
Eighth seed Berdych defeated Argentine Juan Monaco 6-3, 6-4 in their quarter-final to set up a rematch of their tense and at times acrimonious Australian Open semi-final which Murray won in four sets.
Murray’s 501st career win was far from easy as the 21-year-old Thiem, ranked 52nd in the world, used an impressive backhand and some entertaining tennis to take the first set.
But after Murray, far from his best, forced a deciding set, he took firm control after earning a break at the end of a long fourth game to go up 3-1.
“At the beginning of the match I didn’t return well, especially returning his first serve. That put me in sort of a defensive position a lot when he was serving. I ended up doing quite a lot of running there,” said Murray. — AFP.
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