Andy Murray hoping it’s fourth time lucky

Tennis: Andy Murray spoke of his pride at reaching a fourth Australian Open final in the last six years after winning a bad-tempered semi-final clash with Tomas Berdych that was given added spice by the courtside antics of Murray’s fiance Kim Sears.

Murray recovered from losing the opening set to win 6-7 (6/8) 6-0 6-3 7-5 in three hours and 26 minutes and set up a Sunday showdown with either world number one Novak Djokovic or defending champion Stan Wawrinka.

“It’s great,” Murray said. “To be in the final four times here, I mean, because I’m surrounded by guys like Roger, Novak and Rafa (Nadal), doesn’t look like much, but that doesn’t happen that often. So I’m very proud of that.”