Andy Murray Australian Open tennis news free bets as semi final looms for victor

Bet365 make Andy Murray heavy favourite for tonight’s match at odds of 1/10 (free tennis live stream available with Bet365), as the Australian reaches the ‘business end’ with Novak Djokovic also in action.

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Ahead of his Australian Open quarter-final tie against Kei Nishikori, Andy Murray has revealed that he is extremely wary of his opponent and will not be taking him lightly.

Murray would have expected to take on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at this stage, but Nishikori knocked out the Frenchman, becoming only the second Japanese player to make it to the quarter-final stage of an Open-era Grand Slam.

This means that Murray is the overwhelming favourite to progress of course, but the British No.1 is aware of Nishikori’s ability, saying that he is capable of ‘dictating’ games from the back of the court.

Speaking ahead of tonight’s contest, Murray said: “Kei is playing really, really well. He’s very good, very deceptive. For somebody who is not the tallest, he creates a lot of power.”

“He was dictating all the points from the back of the court against Tsonga.”

“When I worked with Brad (Gilbert) and spoke to him about Kei a little bit, he was saying he needs to learn to love the gym. I’ve seen him in there a lot doing good work. He is in better shape.”

This means that Murray’s endurance could be tested to the maximum. Even if he does progress, it will be far from easy as Nishikori will fight until the very end.

As for the Japanese hopeful, he has been speaking positively about the clash with World No.4 Murray, saying that he will do everything he can to play his ‘best tennis’.

The 22-year-old said: “We played at the end of last year. He kind of destroyed me. But, you know, I have no pressure now. He’s one of the players I have to play like.”

“I learned a lot of things from him. Yeah, it’s going to be tough, but I will try to play my best tennis.”

It will certainly be a fascinating match as these two young players fight it out for a place in the Australian Open semi-finals. Murray is of course the favourite, but so was Tsonga, so who knows what could happen.

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