Andy Murray went 2–1 in round robin play before facing Nadal in the semi-final. They battled for over three hours, before Murray fell to the Spaniard in a final-set tie-breaker, bringing an end to his season. Murray and Laura Robson lost in the round-robin stage 2011 Hopman Cup, losing all three ties even though Murray won all of his singles matches. Then Murray, along with other stars such as Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic, participated in the Rally for Relief event to help raise money for the flood victims in Queensland. Seeded fifth in the 2011 Australian Open, Murray met former champion Novak
2012 Australian Open – Men's singles final for everybody who has watched the match that both of us, physically, we took the last drop of energy that we had from our bodies, we made history tonight and unfortunately there couldn't be two winners"". Rafael Nadal: ""This one was very special,"" he said. ""But I really understand that was a really special match, and probably a match that's going to be in my mind not because I lost, no, because the way that we played."" 2012 Australian Open – Men's singles final The 2012 Australian Open Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles