John McEnroe believes Ivan Lendl is the right man to lead Andy Murray to a maiden grand slam title – although the world number four will have to do it the hard way if he is to break his duck at the Australian Open.

Andy Murray faces the prospect of having to beat world number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic if he is to reach a third successive Australian Open final.

Roger Federer’s hopes of lifting the 2005 French Open title came to an end tonight when he was beaten by Spanish prodigy Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals.