Andy Murray has admitted being the odd one out in the French Open semi-finals after arriving at
Roland Garros playing garbage. The world No 1 has played himself
into form in Paris and will meet Stan
Wawrinka for a place in his second successive final in Paris on Friday after a four-set victory over Kei Nishikori.
The three semi-finalists, Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem and
Wawrinka are yet to drop a set this tournament while Murray has lost three, and
their build-ups were rather different too. The Briton will now hope to
replicate last year's win over Wawrinka at the same stage, one of his best
performances on clay.
Murray said “They are all obviously playing extremely
well. Rafa's had a great clay-court season, as has Thiem. Stan this tournament
has played great. He won in Geneva so is obviously confident. I came in playing
garbage. I'm the odd one out in the semis, but hopefully, I can keep it up. Physically,
I feel great. Today's match wasn't particularly long, and there were not many
long rallies. When we play normally, we have a lot of long points. Personally I
think it was put down to the conditions. It was very windy down on the court.
There wasn't much rhythm out there. Obviously if someone had offered me a
semi-final spot before the tournament, I would have signed up for that because
I was not playing well at all. And practice also was not good. It's been really
good so far. I want to keep going.”
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