Murray stuns Nadal to reach final

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08/09/2008 11:02

Murray aims to become the first British man since 1936 to win a Grand Slam

Britain's Andy Murray completed a sensational victory over world number one Rafael Nadal to reach his first Grand Slam final at the US Open.



The Scot, 21, resumed the rain delayed semi-final leading by two sets but trailing by a break, and Nadal soon cut the deficit by winning the third set.



But Murray recovered from a break down in the fourth set to beat the Spaniard 6-2 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-4.



He faces four-time defending champion Roger Federer in Monday's final.





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Murray is aiming to become the first British man to win a Grand Slam singles title since Fred Perry won the US Open in 1936.



The final will take place a day late, at 2200 BST, after the rain disruption on Saturday that resulted in Murray being agonisingly halted, having won the first two sets.



It brought back memories of Murray's predecessor as British number one, Tim Henman, who famously lost a Wimbledon semi-final to Goran Ivanisevic in 2001 when rain seemingly stopped the home favourite in his tracks.



It's awesome to beat him, a great feeling



Andy Murray

Murray has already equalled Henman by assuring himself of a world ranking of four after the tournament and he has matched Greg Rusedski's run to the US Open final in 1997.



But he has surely proved himself to be a greater talent than either of his compatriots with victory over the seemingly unbeatable Nadal.



The Spaniard came into the semi-final with a 5-0 record against Murray, having won the French Open, Wimbledon and the Olympic title in recent months and eyeing a first US Open crown.



Murray, in contrast, was playing his first Grand Slam semi and had to put a crushing defeat by Nadal at Wimbledon out of his mind.



He did so magnificently - and it was all the more impressive as he effectively had to win the match twice.



Murray had played superbly on Saturday to take charge on the Louis Armstrong Stadium, totally dominating on serve and breaking three times as he forged two sets clear before Nadal grabbed an early break in the third.



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ilovecyprus


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Message Posted:
08/09/2008 11:28

Indeed a great result sportsstar. Lets hope he has the energy left in the tank to take on Federer