Andy Murray brings another moment of happiness for his fans. He has defeated Jo – Wilfried Tsonga and has entered the semi – finals of Rogers Cup in Montreal. The British second seed softened the Frenchman’s serve once up every set to win 6-4 6-4 in a downpour postponed match which completed at 01:30 neighborhood time. Murray will now meet Kei Nishikori in the last four after the Japanese fourth seed overcame Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-4. Top-seeded Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic plays unseeded Jeremy Chardy in Saturday’s other semi-final.
Andy Murray said, “I passed well. I came up with some good passing shots and that was the difference.”
The initial four diversions ran with serve before Murray picked up the opening break in amusement five kindness of a wild forehand up the line. World number 24 Tsonga had two break focuses in diversion four of the second set, yet left behind the first before Murray’s first ace of the match took the amusement to deuce. From that point, the two-time Grand Slam-title champ held, before grabbing the activity with a heave to break Tsonga’s serve on his approach to taking the second set. Should Murray achieve the final in Montreal he will supplant Swiss Roger Federer as number two on the planet rankings. He last held the position – the most elevated of his profession – in 2013. Murray has now fit the bill for the ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 stadium in London in November, having just secured his place a year ago 11 days prior to the occasion. Wimbledon champion Djokovic spared two match focuses to beat Latvian Ernests Gulbis and set up his last-four meeting with Frenchman Chardy.
The Serb energized from a set down to win 5 7-6 (9-7) 6-1 and extend his Master Series streak to 29 – last losing to Federer in Shanghai a year ago. In the ladies’ competition in Toronto, world number one Serena Williams beat Italy’s Roberta Vinci to achieve the last four. The 33-year-old American served 12 experts to win 6-4 6-3 in 79 minutes and set up a semi-final with Belinda Bencic . The 18-year-old Swiss beat Ana Ivanovic 6-4 6-2. Romanian second seed Simona Halep faces Italy’s Sara Errani in the other semi final.
We are here to wish a best of luck to Andy Murray for the semi – finals to be played in Montreal.
