Murray storms into Queen�s final

AFP, LONDON: Andy Murray successfully completed the first part of his hectic Queen’s Club schedule as the world number three reached the final with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) victory over Serbia’s Viktor Troicki.
Heavy rain on Saturday had forced the suspension of Murray’s semi-final in the first set and left the Scot needing to do double duty on Sunday to win the Wimbledon warm-up event for a record-equalling fourth time.
The 28-year-old will be playing his fourth Queen’s final — and his first final on grass since his historic Wimbledon triumph in 2013 — when he faces South Africa’s Kevin Anderson in a match scheduled to start not before 1425BST.
It will be Murray’s 50th tour-level final and his fifth of a season which has included titles in Madrid and Munich and runners-up finishes at the Australian Open and the Miami Masters.
Anderson will be well rested after blitzing his way into his first Queen’s final with 34 aces in a 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3 win over French seventh seed Gilles Simon on Saturday, taking his tally for the tournament to 96.
But Murray isn’t too concerned about his busy schedule as he has already won twice in a day this year, seeing off Lukas Rosol and Roberto Bautista Agut to clinch the Munich title last month.
Murray has now won all seven of his meetings with Troicki, who was unable to exact revenge for some scathing criticism from the Scot over his refusal to take a drugs test in 2013.
But Murray was beginning to dictate the tempo on Saturday before the rain arrived at 3-3, just after Troicki needed a medical time-out when his shoulder had popped out and back in again after an awkward stumble.
On the resumption of play on Sunday morning, Murray immediately broke with a fine drop shot and then sublime lob on the run for a 4-3 lead.

Murray storms into Queen�s final

AFP, LONDON: Andy Murray successfully completed the first part of his hectic Queens Club schedule as the world number three reached the final with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) victory over Serbias Viktor Troicki. Heavy rain on Saturday had forced the suspension of Murrays semi-final in the first set and left the Scot needing to do double duty on Sunday to win the Wimbledon warm-up event for a record-equalling fourth time. The 28-year-old will be playing his fourth Queens final and his first final on grass since his historic Wimbledon triumph in 2013 when he faces South Africas Kevin Anderson in a match scheduled to start not before 1425BST. It will be Murrays 50th tour-level final and his fifth of a season which has included titles in Madrid and Munich and runners-up finishes at the Australian Open and the Miami Masters. Anderson will be well rested after blitzing his way into his first Queens final with 34 aces in a 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3 win over French seventh seed Gilles Simon on Saturday, taking his tally for the tournament to 96. But Murray isnt too concerned about his busy schedule as he has already won twice in a day this year, seeing off Lukas Rosol and Roberto Bautista Agut to clinch the Munich title last month. Murray has now won all seven of his meetings with Troicki, who was unable to exact revenge for some scathing criticism from the Scot over his refusal to take a drugs test in 2013. But Murray was beginning to dictate the tempo on Saturday before the rain arrived at 3-3, just after Troicki needed a medical time-out when his shoulder had popped out and back in again after an awkward stumble. On the resumption of play on Sunday morning, Murray immediately broke with a fine drop shot and then sublime lob on the run for a 4-3 lead.