5 best matches at the Australian Open 2016
Emotion and passion, drama and thrills, comebacks and upsets – we have seen it all for the past fortnight at the 2016 Australian Open. If you missed out on any of the action, you need not worry! You can easily relive all the matches of the tournament on the Sony LIV website and App. You can find all the highlights, winning shots, key moments, interviews and much more.With the season’s first Slam having just concluded, it is an ideal time to relive those memories.Presenting our top 5 picks for the best matches of the 2016 Australian Open:
#5 Andy Murray vs Milos Raonic Mens singles semi-final
The much-improved Milos Raonic was involved in another enthralling match after his upset of Stan Wawrinka. Andy Murray and Raonic have always had a fascinating rivalry and they were locked at 3-3 in their head-to-head record coming into this showdown.
No wonder, their latest encounter lived up to it. The 13th seeded Canadian broke the two-time Major champion in his very first service game and let his aggressive forehands do the talking for the rest of the set. Murray upped the intensity on his returns and managed to sneak out the hard-fought second set.
The 13th seeded Canadian struck back once more as he clinched the third set in a tie-break.
But that was probably the last time that the Canadian could smile. One set away from creating history, Raonic’s body let him down. Pain in the adductor of his right thigh hampered his movement and his booming serve as the 25-year-old struggled to even hold his serve. In the fifth set, he could manage just two games and later on, spoke about his on-court frustration: “Probably the most heartbroken I’ve felt on court.”