The Scots Andy Murray beats Rafael Nadal and reach his first Grand Slam final

The Scots beat Andy Murray in the fourth and set a Rafael Nadal advanced to his first Grand Slam final, where on Monday will be measured to Swiss Roger Federer

New York – The world’s No. 1, Rafael Nadal, you can not play his first U.S. Open final after losing to Andy Murray a 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6 and 6-4 in three hours and thirty minutes of a match that was resumed on Sunday after being suspended on Saturday due to rain.

With this victory, Murray reaches for the first time in his career the final of a Grand Slam, which measured Roger Federer, winner of the tournament in New York last four editions.

Nadal, who began the encounter with two sets down, managed to enforce the ‘break’ that brought the day on Saturday and forced the fourth set, in which he came to get ahead with a break of service, but the Scots, a great tennis and to vary significantly to the Spanish game, managed to turn the situation and join the fourth sleeve by 6-4.

The Spanish player was launched in New York with a record of 54 victories in the last 56 matches played, enabling it to win Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Queen’s, Toronto Masters and the gold medal in the Olympic Games of Beijing 2008.

Just the fact of having played so many matches seems to have passed the Spanish bill, which in this second week of the tournament was not seen anything fresh or physically with the spark that characterizes his tennis, especially at major events.

Since the first points of the match and we saw that Nadal was not as comfortable on the track as Murray. The Scots found a great ally in its service and did not grant a single ball ‘break’ into Spanish. In addition, Nadal failed coups of the more usual, while his rival was very loose and did a lot of damage to his right flat.

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Murray to face Federer in the grand finale on Monday
A break on service Nadal began to tilt the match in favour of Murray, who with a great tennis again join a break of service in the seventh game to close the first sleeve with a clear 6-2 in 34 minutes of play.

Murray was still playing pleasure, varying his game and a lot alternating rises to the network with an effective tennis from the bottom of the track, while Nadal was living a real ordeal every time we got, as the Scots had break points in almost all games, although very fortunately managed to keep the Mallorcan set up sudden death.

Nadal improved sensations in the tiebreaker but so fortunate teamed up with the British, when with 5-5 and a second service Murray, the rest of the number one gave the tape and fell on his trail. A turning point as the Scots won the next and noted the set.

The start of the third sleeve was a glimmer of hope for Nadal, who finally had a ball to break the service that used to take the lead until 3-2 in their favour with the party had to be suspended by rain until the day on Sunday.

At the resumption of shock 26 hours later, the Spanish managed to maintain its service and forcing the fourth sleeve, which after a second game with his service in which came to save seven balls’ break ‘succeeded in following the break out the Scots.

The miracle of Nadal seemed to begin to take shape, but the Mallorcan he looked tired on the track, both physically and mentally, and as Murray pressed, the Scots gave him a return to the situation with a very smart game, eroding the Spanish , With PELOTE long and much variation in height in their strokes.

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