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Melbourne, Australia (SportsNetwork.com) - Andy Murray is
back in the Australian Open final. This time, hell hope
for a better result. Murray advanced to his fourth final
in the years first major with Thursdays 6-7 (6-8), 6-0,
6-3, 7-5 semifinal victory over seventh-seeded Tomas
Berdych. After losing a tight opening set, which lasted
76 minutes, Murray gave himself a stern talking to at the
sit down and proceeded to largely dominate. He converted
six of his 10 break points and benefited from 56 unforced
errors from Berdych. Berdych snapped a 17-match losing
run against Rafael Nadal in a straight- sets quarterfinal
win over the Spaniard. His first-set victory over Murray
marked his 16th successive set won in the tournament. It
is the second year in a row that the Czech has fallen at
the semifinal stage in Melbourne, having lost to Stan
Wawrinka last year. The 29-year-old Berdych, working with
Murrays former coach Dani Vallverdu, was trying to reach
his second Grand Slam final after finishing runner-up to
Nadal at Wimbledon in 2010. Murray is now 5-6 lifetime
against Berdych, who fell in 3 hours, 16 minutes at Rod
Laver Arena. The Brit also topped the Czech in the 2012
U.S. Open semis. Murray is coached by former womens world
No. 1 star Amelie Mauresmo. A lot of people criticized me
working with her and I think so far this week weve shown
that women can be very good coaches as well, Murray said.
Madison Keys, who reached the semis here and had her best
tournament, is also coached by a woman in Lindsay
Davenport. And I see no reason why that cant keep moving
forward in the future. So Im very thankful for Amelie for
doing it. It was a brave choice for her to do it and
hopefully I can repay her in a couple of days. The sixth-
seeded Scot, though, has yet to win in Melbourne, falling
in the 2010 title match to Roger Federer before losing to
Novak Djokovic in both 2011 and 2013. On Sunday, he could
again face the world No. 1 Djokovic, who will meet the
fourth-seeded defending champion Wawrinka on Friday in
the other mens semifinal. Murray is bidding to become the
first man in the Open Era to win the Australian Open
title after losing three finals. The 2012 Olympic gold
medalist will play in his eighth career Grand Slam title
match. He is 2-5 in such finals, winning the 2012 U.S.
Open and Wimbledon in 2013. The 27-year-old Murray is 31-
14 overall in his career finals. Berdych, meanwhile, was
beaten in the Australian Open semis for the second year
in a row. He lost to Wawrinka last year and has just one
Grand Slam final on his resume -- a loss to Nadal at
Wimbledon in 2010. On Friday, fans will be hoping for
another epic when the four-time Aussie Open champ
champion Djokovic faces Wawrinka for the third year in a
row at Melbourne Park. Two years ago, Djokovic denied
Wawrinka 12-10 in the fifth set of a fourth-round clash,
but last year the Swiss got his revenge with a 9-7 fifth-
set victory in the quarterfinals. Djokovic is 16-3
lifetime against Wawrinka, including a 3-1 record at the
majors. The 27-year-old Djokovic is bidding to become the
second man in history to win the Australian Open for the
fifth time, joining Aussie great Roy Emerson. The
Belgrade native won his first major title in Melbourne in
2008 and followed with three successive victories in
2011-13. He has a 48-6 match record at Melbourne Park.
Djokovic still has yet to drop a set in his ruthless run
at this 2015 fortnight. He is through to his 25th Grand
Slam semifinal, one behind Andre Agassi for the fourth
most in the Open Era. Wawrinka captured his first Grand
Slam title here a year ago by stunning Nadal in the
final.
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Blue Jays put an end to an ugly four-game losing skid and
afterward the manager was happy to state the obvious.
“It was a much needed win, I will definitely say,” said
John Gibbons after his club beat Boston 7-1. Baseballs a
strange game. It was an ugly homestand, the Blue Jays
lost four of six to divisional rivals the Orioles and Red
Sox, yet are sandwiched in-between the two teams with
Baltimore a half-game ahead and Boston a half-game
behind. In five of the six games, Toronto at some point
held a lead of three runs or more. The Jays won only two
of those five games, Sunday afternoon being one of them.
Yet a crisp, efficient win which combined strong starting
pitching, clutch relief work, good defence and potent
offence buoyed the mood of the club as it heads out on an
eight-game road trip through Kansas City, Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia. “It was a complete joint effort,” said
R.A. Dickey, who tossed 6 1/3 innings of one run ball.
“I felt like we all had a hand in todays game. It was a
game that I felt really good.” Dickey, who didnt walk a
hitter for the first time in his Toronto tenure, left
with one out in the seventh. The Red Sox had runners at
second and third following a hit batsman and a double.
Steve Delabar came in and got Jackie Bradley Jr. to pop
up to third baseman Brett Lawrie and David Ross to fly
out to centerfielder Jose Bautista. Inning over, the 2-1
lead preserved and the Jays would tack on two in the
seventh and three more in the eighth to issue a final
score that doesnt reflect how close the game was played
for most of the afternoon. Edwin Encarnacion had two hits
and two RBI, hitting four line drives in his four at-
bats. Combined with the final out he made in Saturdays
loss, a line drive to centerfield, Gibbons is seeing
signs his slugging first baseman is beginning to emerge
from a near-dormant first month of the season. “Today I
thought he was really using his hands well,” said
Gibbons. “Hes like anybody else. Confidence can waver a
little bit. I dont care how good you are, how long youve
been around or how productive youve been the last couple
of seasons. This games all confidence.” Brett Lawrie hit
his sixth home run of the season, a solo shot off Jon
Lester in the second inning. The timing was important;
the Red Sox had taken a 1-0 lead in the top half of the
inning. “Definitely,” said Lawrie of the quick
response. “This is one of those games you want to win,
especially with an off day (Monday) and us going on the
road and leaving a sour taste in 40-thousand peoples
mouths when we go on the road (with a loss.) We want
positivity going on the road.” The Blue Jays open a
three-game set in Kansas City on Tuesday night. Right-
hander Dustin McGowan will get the start against Royals
left-hander Jason Vargas. MORROW UNFAMILIAR WITH McGOWANS
DIABETES-RELATED FATIGUE As Dustin McGowan considers a
change to his in-game regimen in an attempt to combat
fatigue, fellow type 1 diabetic Brandon Morrow is in a
comfortable routine and hasnt experienced anything
similar to what McGowans going through. “Ive never felt
physically fatigued during a game,” said Morrow. “I
have nothing to compare it to. What would somebody
without diabetes be feeling at the same point? I feel
like I recover, physically, as well as anybody else with
regulated blood sugar. I think its almost, not an
advantage but you really learn your bbody
well.dddddddddddd” McGowan deals with wild swings to his
blood sugar levels during games in which hes pitching. In
Wednesdays outing against Baltimore, he took a reading of
more than 300 milligrams per deciliter. To put that in
perspective, the average blood sugar level for a resting,
non-diabetic is between 100 and 120 milligrams per
deciliter. He will wear his insulin pump in Tuesday
nights game at Kansas City in the hopes of regulating his
blood sugar level. Morrow, on the other hand, has a
strict program he follows that begins about four hours
before each start. There are six to eight checkpoints, as
he calls them, during that time span. Morrows food and
drink schedule is meticulous; his exercise and warm up
routine equally so; he checks his blood sugar level about
an hour and a half before first pitch. Shortly before
game time, hes paying close attention. “If I ever go low
its in the bullpen,” said Morrow. “Thats a two, three
minute adjustment. During the anthem, the anthems always
a time I check my blood sugar and if I need a juice or
whatever we have something ready to go.” When the Blue
Jays are on offence, Morrow will check his blood sugar
level two or three times in the early innings of his
starts. “My blood sugars crept up a little bit during
games sometimes but Ive never felt like Ive just lost
energy, like saying getting into the sixth inning and my
body just shuts down,” he said. “Ive never felt that
way.” High blood sugar levels can sap a diabetic of
energy and can cause vision problems, particularly
blurriness. Morrow says its never gotten to the point
where he blames the condition for an inability to command
his pitches. Low blood sugar levels can have an effect
similar to drunkenness. There have been times when
Morrows been awakened in the middle of the night. Hes in
a cold sweat and his hands are shaking. He quickly drinks
a glass of juice or eats a small portion and then waits
the 15 minutes or so it takes for his body to regulate.
WALKER DISCUSSES EJECTION Pitching coach Pete Walker
wasnt pleased with home plate umpire Jeff Kelloggs strike
zone in Saturdays 7-6 loss to the Red Sox. He was ejected
in the third inning. Walker and Kellogg exchanged words
following a mound visit. Perhaps the fact his pitching
staff has walked 99 hitters so far this season is grating
on Walkers nerves?“Maybe its been building, I dont
know,” said Walker. “Its frustrating to watch the staff
that we have walk guys because they are guys that know
how to throw strikes, know how to attack the strike zone.
Their philosophy and our philosophy is to attack early
and expand late. It seems like were getting behind and
making poor pitches behind in the count.” Heres another
frustrating fact: entering Sundays play, the Blue Jays
have had leads of at least three runs in four of the
first five games of this home stand. The record in those
four games: 1-3. The pitching isnt holding up. One day
its the starter and the next its the bullpen. “Its
really slight, slight mechanical adjustments for a couple
of guys but for the most part its their mentality of
attacking the zone and trusting their stuff and not
buying into the fact that something like this can become
contagious,” said Walker. “You walk a few guys, you
start thinking about it. The sooner they can get out of
their own heads and just get back to pitching and making
pitches and trusting their stuff, the sooner we get over
this hump.”
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