Murray reaches semis at Australian Open

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01/25/2012 - Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Andy Murray is back in the Australian Open semifinals after beating Kei Nishikori in straight sets Wednesday.

The fourth-seeded Murray needed just 29 minutes to win the third set at Rod Laver Arena and finish off his 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 win over Nishikori.

He moved on to face the winner of Wednesday's other quarterfinal match between world No. 1 Novak Djokovic and fifth-seeded David Ferrer.

Djokovic beat Murray in the final last year, and Roger Federer topped him in the championship match in 2010.

So Murray, a three-time Grand Slam runner-up, is still looking to break through for his first major victory.

Nishikori, the first Japanese man to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal in almost 17 years, provided little more than a speed bump Wednesday although he showed a little fight in one of the match's most entertaining points.

Down 30-40 in the game and 1-5 in the third set, Nishikori scrambled to win a long rally with Murray, who was forced to chase down a ball in the backcourt that he could only send harmlessly to the net.

Nishikori was there for the easy volley, forcing deuce, but Murray followed with a service winner and captured the match on the next point.

The 24-year-old Scotsman hit 36 winners in the match and won nearly 80 percent of his first serve points, while Nishikori had 39 unforced errors.

Nishikori was also the first Japanese man in 80 years to advance to the Aussie Open quarters.

Wednesday's buzz on the men's side was about the two quarterfinals matches, but also about Thursday's upcoming semifinal between second-seeded Rafael Nadal and the third-seeded Federer.

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