Scot was probably the worst possible opponent for the young Australian that was struggling in coping with the continuous change of pace from Andy.
Besides a couple of jumps, screams, weird things and great shots, Nick didn’t really produce the goods, so Andy wrapped up the match 6-3 7-6 (5) 6-3 in just over 2 hours.
Andy: It was a difficult night
Andy commented “For me tonight it was a tricky one to judge, to say how well I played, because I found the conditions difficult tonight. So I tried to use the conditions to my advantage and played a slightly different style than what I had been in the other matches. I would say the match against Dimitrov was a very high level. It was a clean match. Both of us were striking the ball well. I made improvements with each of the matches. But then tonight, I just tried to play the best with what the conditions were allowing you to do, and I think I did that quite well.”
Kyrgios great attitude in losing
The Australian surprised with a very gracious press release to comment “It was a really good experience. That was my first Aussie Open Grand Slam match playing on Rod Laver, so that was really cool. But he was way too good for me tonight. There are some things I can take from that match and get better at. He was just way too good for me. I said to him at the net, ‘This is your time; go get him.’ I think he’s got a really good chance of winning the whole thing.”
Nick is a great guy, but he probably needs to be a little less of a showman to be more focus on the actual game. For the rest he is definitely a great asset for tennis. Still lots of work to do.
Andy vs. Berdych in the semifinal.
Andy will now play Tomas Berdych in the semifinal. Head to head is 6-4 for the Czech.
| ANDY STILL TOO GOOD FOR NICK |
