Andy has played down any talk of revenge ahead of his Aussie Open semi-final against Marin Cilic which is scheduled for 8:30am UK time on Thursday.
The tournament 14th seed caused a big upset at the US Open last autumn when he dumped Andy out in the fourth round, but talk of getting his own back isn't on Andy's agenda.
"Everyone talks about that a lot, about revenge and stuff," he said. "But you just go out there and every day's a different day in tennis. I think that I can win the match. Regardless of what happened at the US Open, if I play well, focus hard and concentrate, then there's no reason why I can't beat him again"
"I was obviously disappointed about what happened there," added Andy. "I had to take a pretty long break afterwards. I was feeling good going into the US Open. It wasn't the way I would have liked to have lost.
Certainly, the career head-to-head between the two suggests that loss was more of a blip than a hoodoo as Andy has won three of their four meetings. He's also won all of his matches in Melbourne without dropping a set, while the Croat has played three five-set matches, and two back-to-back.
"Obviously I feel fresh. I don't know how he feels," said Andy. "From my side, I feel good physically. That's not gonna be an issue for me in the match. I don't know how he's feeling."
Andy's win over Nadal was finished with a handshake; Cilic fell to the ground after his epic victory over Andy Roddick. Getting this far has taken its toll.
"The biggest thing that's going to be in there for me is to try to recover as much as I can and to try to be ready that I can play at my level," said Cilic. He felt he was mentally fresher than Roddick in the last round, but it's about his body now: "Composure is nothing compared to physical ability," he added.
"Whoever it's gonna be, it's gonna take also a lot of energy out of me. So we'll see how I'm gonna be able to survive."
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