• Australian Open

Melzer plans to dictate match against Murray

ESPN staff
January 23, 2011
Andy Murray is yet to drop a set at the Australian Open © Getty Images
Enlarge

ESPN will be providing extensive coverage of the Australian Open, with live scores, commentary and analysis and you can follow it all with our live scorecentre

Australian Open men's round-up:
Federer and Djokovic reach quarters

Jurgen Melzer has promised to dominate Andy Murray when the pair meet on Monday for a place in the Australian Open quarter-finals.

Melzer has never beaten Murray, losing all four of their previous encounters, but he is playing some of the best tennis of his life, which is reflected by his world No. 11 ranking.

The Austrian advanced to the fourth round after Marcos Baghdatis retired with a finger injury in their last match, but Melzer was already winning 6-7(5) 6-2 6-1 4-3 when the withdrawal arrived.

Two years ago Murray raced through a 2009 tie with Melzer in Melbourne, winning 7-5 6-0 6-3, but Melzer insists he will not suffer a repeat.

"He is playing well, he has great defensive skills," he said of Murray's progress thus far. "It is like two gameplans meeting each other.

"He killed me here in 2009 but the other matches have all been close.

"I am going to be the one dictating the points. If I can keep my unforced errors low, push him around, I think I have a chance to beat him."

© ESPN Sports Media Ltd.
Close

ABOUT COOKIES

To help make this website better, to improve and personalize your experience and for advertising purposes, are you happy to accept cookies and other technologies.

More Info Here Cookie Choices