Despite being World No.1, very few had much faith in Andy Murray living up his seeding and make the final. Fast forward 11 days and he has made the semi finals, knocking off a number of tricky opponents to do so. He is the slight underdog against Stan Wawrinka, who has been very under the radar for a former champion.
The hype may be over Nadal’s sets streak and rightly so but Wawrinka has bettered that at 17, adding to his comeback win in Geneva with 5 straight sets wins in a row. Fabio Fognini, Gael Monfils and now Marin Cilic have been outplayed in consecutive rounds, the last win the most impressive after dropping just 7 games in a 6-3 6-3 6-1 victory. “Since I won in Geneva I found confidence with my game,” said Wawrinka “I never give up. I work hard. I try to do what’s right. I listen to my team. The past two or three weeks have been very good momentum. I’m playing really well. I’m very calm. I’m extremely confident about my game.
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