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MELBOURNE, Australia - Andy Murrays four-set win over Tomas Berdych at the Australian Open on Thursday will be remembered more for the tension between the players than the shot-making on the court.There were the usual expletives from Murray, but this time his fiancée, Kim Sears, appeared to mouth several from the players box, too.There were also complaints from Berdych about the balls — the umpire checked them, no problem. And then there was an attempt by Berdych at some mild-mannered trash talking as the players swapped ends after he captured the first set.Berdych muttered something as the two men crossed, causing an annoyed Murray to complain loudly to the umpire, Pascal Maria. When Maria asked Berdych what he said, he responded, Good play, Tomas. Thats all I said.That was pretty much the end of the good play from Berdych in the match. The Czech player went on to lose his fourth Grand Slam semifinal — and second in a row at the Australian Open — 6-7 (6), 6-0, 6-3, 7-5.Murray will be playing in his fourth final at Melbourne Park against either Novak Djokovic or Stan Wawrinka, who play their semifinal on Friday. Hes still looking for his first title here.Tensions were high before the match because Murrays former coach, Dani Vallverdu, is now in Berdychs camp performing the same duties. Murray acknowledged the acrimony on the court, but blamed the media for making a bigger deal of Vallverdus move from Murray to Berdych in November.You wanted there to be tension, he said after the match.A lot was made of Dani, my ex-coach, working with him. I felt was a little unfair and unnecessary. This is sport, theres more to life than sport. It was a little unfair and created extra tension.Murray had trained with Vallverdu for five years before parting ways with the Venezuelan to work more closely with new coach Amelie Mauresmo. Soon after, Berdych hired Vallverdu to be his coach.The No. 7-ranked Berdych, widely considered one of the best players never to have won a Grand Slam title, had previously tried to hire Murrays other former coach, Ivan Lendl, but the eight-time major winner turned him down.After the match, Murray gave special acknowledgment to Mauresmo, telling the crowd at Rod Laver Arena, I think so far this week weve showed women can be very good coaches, as well.He said he felt Mauresmo had been unfairly slighted after he split with Vallverdu.A lot of people were also criticizing her at the end of last year, like the way I was playing was her fault, he said.As for Berdychs comment on the changeover, he was surprised more than anything.He said something literally as we were walking right past each other change of ends, Murray said. The thing is because theres cameras and microphones everywhere players dont say stuff to the opponents.Berdych, subdued after yet another Grand Slam letdown, said he was just trying to pump himself up as he walked to his chair.I think Im allowed to do that when I win a set, he said. What, I have to be worried about every word that Im going to say? Adidas Stan Smith Australia Cheap . Patrick Deslisle-Houde and David Rose each scored in the second to give the fourth-seeded Redmen a 3-1 lead after Jean-Philippe Mathieu scored in the first. Adidas Stan Smith Australia . -- Rodney Stuckey scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half, and the Detroit Pistons beat the New York Knicks for the first time in eight meetings, 92-86 on Tuesday night. http://www.wholesalestansmithaustralia.com/. A broadcast source said the deal is for five years. The agreement calls for a minimum of 17 regular-season games as well as the East and West Division finals being broadcast annually on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNEWS. Adidas Stan Smith Clearance . -- Terrelle Pryor took the opening snap of the game, put the ball in Darren McFaddens belly and saw LaMarr Woodley crash down. Adidas Stan Smith Sale Australia . - Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has nothing but good problems right now.PINEHURST, N.C. -- For only the second time, golfs oldest major championship will be played in Northern Ireland when the British Open returns to Royal Portrush Golf Club in 2019. Media reports from Ireland and the United Kingdom said the Royal & Ancient, golfs governing body outside the United States and Mexico, will make the formal announcement Monday. The R&A denied reports about a return to Portrush last summer, saying the course was championship-calibre but questioning whether the infrastructure could accommodate the events big galleries. There was speculation that R&A officials may have changed their minds after Ted Bishop, president of the PGA of America, said last November that his group was interested in Portrush as a venue for the PGA Championship if the event was to be held outside the United States. The earliest date that might happeen would be 2020.dddddddddddd. Major champions and Northern Irishmen Rory McIlroy, Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell had been lobbying on Portrushs behalf. "Ive been kind of hesitant to comment because I really didnt want to take anything away from the official announcement," said McDowell, who was three shots off the lead Thursday after the opening round of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst. "So Im very proud of where I grew up. Im very proud of the tradition and history there, and to bring an Open Championship back to Northern Ireland is very special. It speaks volumes about how far the country has come." The only time the Open was only played outside England and Scotland was 1951, when Max Faulkner won at Portrush. The 2012 Irish Open was played at Portrush, with more than 100,000 fans attending the event. ' ' '