There comes great news for the fans of Andy Murray that he has reached the first Italian Open final by defeating unseeded French player Lucas Pouille. Andy Murray is now ready to see Novak Djokovic. Novak defeated him in Madrid Open last week. On other hand in women’s singles, Madison Keys will play against Serena Williams in all – American final on Sunday.
Andy Murray said, “I think it is the first time since I’ve been on Tour that I’ve not had a chance to hit balls before going on to the court. It pretty much rained non-stop and then they flipped the schedule around so I didn’t feel that comfortable coming on to court. But he made a few mistakes and I served well to make it easy for myself.”
In the middle of the showers, Murray was getting it done against world number 52 Pouille, playing his first ATP Masters semi-final.
The 22-year-old looked anxious as he dropped serve from 40-0 in the fourth diversion and – after that brief downpour delay – Murray broke again to secure the set.
It was a comparative story in the second set, with Murray over and again drawing his adversary into the net and setting up the passing shot.
Two more breaks of serve gave Murray the match and he cleared out the Centrale Court in daylight, having surpassed his best exertion of achieving the last four in 2011. Andy Murray further added, “A lot of the best players of all time have played, won and competed for the title here, so I’m very happy to get the chance to do that. After 10 years of kind of struggling on the clay and especially this event maybe not playing my best, I’m happy to be there.”
He further stated, “Any time you get the chance to play the best players, especially right before a Slam, is great preparation,” said Murray, who has won just one of his past 13 matches against Djokovic.
“Regardless of who I play in the final, I know I will be pushed hard. That’s what you want.”
