23/01/2013 09:58 CEST - AO 13 INTERVISTE

A. Murray - 23.01.2013

A. MURRAY/J. Chardy
6-4 6-1 6-2

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Q.  Where do you stand on the idea that you could be undercooked going into the semifinal because you've only played three set matches so far?
ANDY MURRAY:  Well, I mean, it kind of depends.  You know, Roger has not lost a set yet.  He has played some tough players, you know, and a variety of different styles.  So I'd say he's been tested pretty well.
For me, I mean, today was a decent test.  You know, really the last match was the one that was kind of a tough one just because, you know, normally against Simon, it's a lot of long rallies and it's a tough match against him.  It was just kind of a nothing match.  There was nothing really going on.  There was no real atmosphere between us on the court.  That was a tough match for me.
But, you know, who knows.  I played a lot of tennis in December.  I had some good matches in Brisbane.  So, I mean, I can't be disappointed about being in the semis of a slam without dropping a set.  That would be silly.

Q.  Three of the top four are in the semis already.  Seems like that's happened with pretty good regularity on the ATP.  Do you have any sense of why it happens on the men's tour but not on the women's tour?
ANDY MURRAY:  I think the five set matches are probably a good reason for that.  You know, the longer the match goes on, you know, someone like a Ferrer, for example, his game is so solid all the time, that to beat him over five sets    you know, yesterday was a perfect example of that.  Almagro probably should have won the match.
For two, two and a half sets he was the better player, but you need to be the better player for three out of five.  There are way more upsets in tournaments that are best of three sets in the men's just because you get off to a bad start and guys can get a quick win over you; whereas over best of five it often takes five hours sometimes to beat the top players in the world.
It's not easy.

Q.  There's been a lot of talk about the scheduling.  Does it concern you that you haven't played a night match on Laver yet?
ANDY MURRAY:  No.  The scheduling for me is part and parcel of playing in really any tennis tournament.  It's tough to make the schedule perfect for every single player.
But, like I said, I'll go out and hit balls on the Hisense tonight under the lights.  I'll do the same again tomorrow, and that's it.  If I was the tournament director or the referee or whoever decides the schedule, I also would have put Federer against Tsonga on as the night match tonight because it's the best match of the day.
So I have no complaints about the schedule at all, and I didn't complain about it the other day.  I was asked a question about the schedule.  I said that sometimes it works in your favor and sometimes it doesn't.  Sometimes you have to make adjustments.
And that's why tonight, rather than going and watching this match, I'll go out and hit some balls under the lights to be as best prepared as possible.

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