Murray thinks he's closing gap with Big 3

Despite his 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4) 6-1, 7-5 defeat to Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of the Australian Open, Andy Murray believes he has made progress and can be a substantial threat to the top-ranked Serbian, No. 2 Rafael Nadal and No. 3 Roger Federer. Murray has yet to win a major, but has reached the final four of the last five Grand Slams.

"Tonight's match was important for many reasons," Murray told reporters. "Obviously I wanted to win first and foremost. But also sort of after last year, the year that Novak's had, I think there's a very fine line between being No. 1 in the world and being 3 or 4. I think that gap, I feel tonight I closed it. My job over the next two or three months is to surpass him and the guys in front of me. So take a lot of hard work, and hopefully I can do it."

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