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Catherine Whitaker after Andy Murray earned himself a place in the Australian open final for the fourth time with a

4-set win over Thomas Birdich I'm David Lawren I was part of the BBC Radio 5 live commentary team and my word

There was plenty to get our teeth in two tonight. We could go on for an hour talking about that much, couldn't we?

We certainly could we we're standing next to the media work room and all the British journalists are on the phone to their editors

China China Negotiate extra space in tomorrow's papers, I think because the story wise there is so much to go around

I mean obviously first and foremost Andy Murray's

Grand Slam finalist yet again and I mean it might not have been the highest quality match to get him there

But it was in terms of intrigue it was right up there both on and on the sidelines of the court and then

Subsequently in what he's he said in his post-match interview

So I mean there's there's just so much to get our heads around as

Commentators and journalists it's sensational

Well, let's just start at the beginning of the show because first of all there was an hour and 16 minute long opening set

Which Thomas Birdich credit to him managed to win despite having a set point against him the second was weird

Wasn't it six love half an hour third set Andy Murray won it was it any more

Yes, it was Andy Murray won that as well six three I think you did with a break of serve and then the final set was close

Tight you eventually got the break at the end when it's seven five so he's through in four sets, but that's

Only tells a fraction of the story might goodness. I was commentating in that first set for five live

And I noticed on the the courtside monitor the eyeballing that was going on between the two players for a start

I mean it was tense out there and these two whenever I've seen them before I've always seemed to get on pretty well

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