After the match finally resumed, with both players showing great courage and composure, America’s Keys fashioned a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 come-from-behind win to reach the fourth round.
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Part of that was Nigel Sears’ health scare in the preceding match, which resulted in a delay of nearly one hour.
Coincidentally, Sears collapsed which watching a game between his player Ana Ivanovic square up against 15th seed Madison Keys.
The cause of the 58 year old’s collapse has yet to be revealed, but he is expected to be released from hospital later today.
Although Sears was later given the green light to fly home, Murray admitted it had been a nervous weekend after visiting him at his hospital bedside.
“I feel truly grateful to everyone involved for the manner in which this has been handled”. “But definitely on the court tonight I was more emotional than normal”.
Murray’s wife Kim did not travel to Australia for the Open, pregnant with the couple’s first child.
Bernard Tomic is a certainty to crack the ATP’s top 10, according to Andy Murray, who leapt to the defence of the maligned Australian.
Murray, Ivanovic, and Keys were all given the option to skip doing their post-match press conferences and all three did take that option.
There is no doubting Tomic’s talent.
“The year is not just one month long or one week long”.
But his current career-high ranking will instead go south next week after the Queenslander’s campaign ended frustratingly in the round of 16 for a third time in four years.
Federer had questioned the Australian during the Brisbane International over his efforts to break into the top 10.
“It also motivates me”. The Frenchmen will play against World Number 14 Raonic in the quarter finals of the tournament. “He’s been at the top of the game for 10 years now and has a lot of experience”.
“He’ll get better. He’ll be a top-10 player, for sure”. “It’s about being consistent”.
“Everything worked out fine in the in the end so obviously that was good”, he said.
“Andy loves playing players that attack”. It takes time now.
Four-time runner-up Andy Murray continued his quest for an elusive Australian Open crown after seeing off Joao Sousa in the third round on Saturday.
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The British world number two ended the remaining home interest in the Grand Slam with a 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) win over 16th-seeded Tomic to set up a last-eight match with Spanish baseliner David Ferrer.
