FOXNews.com: Murray sneaks into Miami semis

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Murray sneaks into Miami semis Mar 28th 2012, 22:00 Key Biscayne, FL –  Former champion Andy Murray secured a berth in the semifinals at the $3.973 million Sony Ericsson Open, an ATP Masters 1000 event. The fourth-seeded 2009 Miami titlist Murray overcame a mid-match funk in order to get past tough ninth-seeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 amid breezy conditions on the hardcourts at Crandon Park. Murray found himself down a set and a break, as Tipsarevic rattled off six straight games at one point for a 6-2, 2-0 lead, but the Brit righted the ship en route to the win. The athletic Murray prevailed in 2 hours, 38 minutes in a bout that featured 11 service breaks, including six for the winner. Murray had to summon a trainer at one point early in the second set as he was battling some "indigestion," he said after the match. The three-time Grand Slam runner-up Murray's final-four opponent will be second-seeded Rafael Nadal or sixth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The former world No. 1 Nadal is a three-time Miami runner-up, including last year when he lost to current top-ranked star Novak Djokovic in the finale. The 10-time major champion Nadal owns a co-record 19 Masters titles. Two other quarters will be staged on Thursday, when a top-seeded Djokovic takes on fifth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer and eighth-seeded American Mardy Fish encounters 21st-seeded Argentine Juan Monaco. The reigning Australian Open, U.S. Open and Wimbledon champion Djokovic, of Serbia, is a two-time Miami titlist (2007, 2011) and was the runner-up here to Murray in '09. The 2012 Miami champ will collect $659,775.

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