TENNIS in DEPTH.

Marin Cilic ran out of gas. The young man from Croatia discovered that winning a Grand Slam event is more than playing great tennis, it is about conserving energy in the early rounds, and saving something for the semi final and final. After too many hours on the court that included 5 set wins over Tomic, Del Potro and Roddick, it was to be expected that Cilic would be exhausted. He expended all of his reserves in the first set winning 6-3, but it was all downhill from then on. Murray elevated his game and slowly ground Cilic down by keeping the ball in play and extending the length of the rallies. He won the next three sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

Murray moves through to the final where he will meet the winner of the Federer Tsonga match, and unless Federer suffers an injury or a complete meltdown, he should win in 3 sets.

Murray is one of the few players who holds a winning record over Federer, but this will be the final of a Grand Slam, and Federer usually finds a little something extra in important matches.

The pressure is clearly on Andy Murray!

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