Exactly for 822 days, Andy Murray could not enter any finals of the ATP Tour framework in Sydney. In the impressive victory this afternoon, he defeated Reilly Opelka after the sets with a score of 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4. Remember Reilly Opelka is ranked 25th in the ATP rankings.
It must also be admitted that Murray has a better physical advantage over the opponent. Because in the quarterfinals, he did not take much time because David Goffin had to give up due to injury after losing his first set with a score of 6-2.
The last match against Opelka, the former No. 1 in the world has shown his best. He surprised the opponent and although very hard, Opelka could only dominate in the first half after winning the tiebreak series before quite easy to lose in the following 2 sets.
If you win the final, Murray will return to the top 100 world. That determination was shown by the British tennis player after the battle: “I like to play.
He wants to end the match quickly. Obviously, I lost a set of my head quite regretfully and it was not easy to return to the old play. However, I continued to fight and succeeded. ”
This match, the effective weapon of Opelka is the swirling serve. During the first time, Murray later found a way to neutralize. He talked about his improvement: “To be honest, I cannot prepare for that. I have blocked some quite effective results. It was difficult but the return of such balls was always my strong point. And today I used it very well.”
Tomorrow, Murray will reach the final of Sydney Tennis Classic. He is determined to be crowned to get the fulcrum towards Australian Open 2022, with the first opponent Basilashvili, the Georgia player.
