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Old 04-03-2008, 01:05 PM   #61 (permalink)
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I know he was brought up around clay and has always said that clay would be his best surface.

can't see it myself though.
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Murray upsets Nadal in US Open

Monday, 08 September 2008

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GREAT SCOT: Andy Murray of Scotland reacts after beating world number one Rafael Nadal in the semifinal of the US Open tennis championships in New York.


Sixth-seeded Briton Andy Murray reached his first grand slam final in commanding style by upsetting world No 1 Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-6 4-6 6-4 at the US Open this morning (NZ time).
The shrewd Scot outplayed the Spanish left-hander in a semifinal contest that began yesterday (NZ time) on Louis Armstrong court and ended more than 24 hours later on Arthur Ashe Stadium after being interrupted by the remnants of Tropical Storm Hanna.
Leading by two sets but trailing 2-3 in the third overnight, Murray lost the third set before breaking the Spaniard in the 10th game of the fourth, wrapping up the biggest victory of his career with a backhand winner.
The 21-year-old Briton will play four-times defending champion Roger Federer in tomorrow morning's (NZ time) final, the Swiss maestro having beaten Serb Novak Djokovic yesterday.
"Very relieved," an emotional Murray said in a courtside interview in a sun-splashed Arthur Ashe Stadium after ripping 65 winners past Nadal, including 21 aces.
"To come back after yesterday when I was two sets up was obviously tough to sleep on but I am so glad I came through in the end.
"The atmosphere in here was unbelievable today. They (the crowd) only got a set-and-a-half worth of tennis but I thought they were unbelievable. That really helped me through in the end."
Murray, who will attempt to become the first British male to win a grand slam title since Fred Perry at the 1936 US Open, has a 2-1 winning record against world No 2 Federer.
"He's probably the greatest player ever so to get the chance to play against him in a slam final is an honour," said the Scot, the first Briton since Greg Rusedski in 1997 to advance to the championship match at the US Open.
"But I have played well against him in the past so hopefully I can do the same again tomorrow."
Nadal, who broke Murray at the start of the third set before the match spilled over into a second day, survived one anxious moment in the 10th game but held serve to win the third set.
After hitting a forehand long, the Majorcan saved a break point with an ace before winning the next two points with crunching forehands to peg back Murray's lead.
Continually pressurised by Murray's clever variations from the baseline, Nadal was forced to save seven break points in a marathon second game in the fourth set before holding serve.
Murray, understandably demoralised after losing a 15-minute game totalling 22 points, was then broken in the third after making four successive unforced errors. The last of them, a wild forehand that sailed wide, gave Nadal a 2-1 lead.
However the Briton broke back in the sixth, when the Spaniard hit a forehand wide, to level at 3-3 and constructed a sequence of near-perfect rallies in the 10th to again break and secure victory in three hours 30 minutes.
Nadal, the French Open and Wimbledon champion who was playing his first grand slam as world No 1, had won 54 of his previous 56 matches along with eight ATP titles this year.
Win or lose tomorrow, Murray will rise to a career-high fourth when the world rankings are issued next week, a fitting move according to four-times US Open singles champion John McEnroe.
"He has an incredible return of serve and some of the best hands in the business," McEnroe said while commentating on the match for an American network.
"I have always believed he had the potential to go a very long way.
"At the start of the tournament, I said he was the fourth-best player in the world and now the rankings will back up the statement. Let's see if he can go higher – I think he can."
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Old 08-09-2008, 10:48 AM   #63 (permalink)
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thanks for digging this thread up, I'd forgotten about it.

was going to start a new threead.

that was a truly great win by murray.

I think the tournament is his now.
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Old 08-09-2008, 11:22 AM   #64 (permalink)
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^Got to agree with that, i said if he can get past Nadal it's his for the taking as on current form on the hard courts he's the top man.

Murray to win in 4 sets, just a fokking shame it doesn't start til 4am Thai time.
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not a cricket fan eh scamp?
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thanks for digging this thread up, I'd forgotten about it.
Yea...took a bit to find it...t'was well buried in the archives...
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It looks like Murray fekked that up.
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if you call getting to the final of the us open a fukk up, i suppose he did.
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if you call getting to the final of the us open a fukk up, i suppose he did.
I see your point, but he's beaten him before. And, no one remembers the runner-up.
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He's 21, he's world class.
we don't have many world class sportsmen outside of cycling and dart

he's the first Brit to get to a final of a grand slam in my lifetime, if you don't count Rusedski (not really a Brit).
I think he'd be remembered even if he doesn't go on to win a fair few slams (I'd put good money on him doing that within the next 2 years).

next few years will probably see Nadal, Djokovic, Federer and Murray reaching most of the semis.
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I'm just a wee bit disappointed that one of my countrymen came so close, but didn't quite get there for the first time in 3 generations.
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likewise.

I fancied my celtic brother to take this one, especially after beating Nadal.

He had a very tough road to the final mind.

now he's ranked in the top 4, the passages will be a fair bit easier to the semis.
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If his name was Timmy he'd win Sports Personality of the Year just for reaching the final.
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Gavin Henson?
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