Murray to the Final- Murray avanza a la gran final

El británico despachó a Marin Cilic en la semifinal; sí gana el torneo, se situará en el peldaño dos del ranking de la ATP.


MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.- El británico Andy Murray venció al croata Marin Cilic por 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 y 6-2 y se convirtió en el primer británico en alcanzar la final del Abierto de Australia desde hace 33 años.

Finalista en la del Abierto de EU en 2008, Murray se enfrentará en la final con el ganador del encuentro de mañana, viernes, entre el suizo Roger Federer (1) y el francés Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10).

La victoria de Murray, en tres horas y dos minutos, sitúa al escocés con más puntos que el español Rafael Nadal, que ocupará el lunes la cuarta plaza de la clasificación mundial. Si Murray gana el domingo será el número dos del mundo, puesto que ya ocupó el pasado año durante tres semanas, y si pierde será tercero, por detrás del serbio Novak Djokovic.

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The circus came to the Rod Laver Arena. In the moments before Andy Murray guaranteed he would become the first British male in the modern era to make two grand slam finals, he produced an outrageous forehand that his former coach, Brad Gilbert, would suggest belonged under a big top rather than on court at Melbourne Park.

Yet Murray's 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Croatia's Marin Cilic should be remembered for another shot from the Briton, a spectacular swivel-and-slap forehand that changed the whole emotion, psychology and momentum of the Australian Open's first semi-final.

In the fifth game of the second set, when he had a break point on Cilic's serve, and when he was brought into the service box by a net cord, he scooped the ball back, next hit a volley and was then lobbed. Murray chased back to the baseline, swivelled and played the ball down the line for a winner, for the most important shot of his life.

Murray, who was a set down at the time, and who had earlier lost 14 points in succession, celebrated with his best werewolf impression by giving a great howl, and then came back to win in four sets to reach the second Sunday of the Open, when he will play the winner of today's semi-final between Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.