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Rafael Nadal will have the opportunity to defend U.S. Open title won last year after beating Andy Murray in four sets. The Spaniard will rival as in 2010 - his 'coconut' Novak Djokovic, who beat Roger Federer in the semifinals.

Rafael Nadal will have the opportunity to defend U.S. Open title won last year after beating Andy Murray in four sets. The Spaniard will rival as in 2010 - his 'coconut' Novak Djokovic, who beat Roger Federer in the semifinals.

Rafael Nadal said after sealing his passport to the semifinals of the U.S. Open that, whatever happened to Andy Murray would leave New York having been reinforced anínimicamente reunited with the best version of tennis. The Spaniard with the Scottish ratified this good moment, bent by an aggregate score of 6-4, 6-2, 3-6 and 6-2 after three hours and twenty minutes of play in a clash played at a packed Arthur Ashe. "Every point is going to be hard. He knows to attack very well, "Nadal said Mary Joe Fernandez, interviewer to door, before jumping to the mat. Not mistaken the shooting, great scholar of his rivals, as soon untangle the web spun by the other Scottish side of the track. After the first few moments of trial, Spanish and Scots began to heat their machines. Rafa made a lot of running his forehand, Andy showed that the reverse is his best shot for the transition defense-attack. The seventh game, where Nadal was more aggressive march marked a turning point, as achieved with a break at a rent that White would not escape. With touches of quality and a great deal of practicality, the Spaniard closed the first set in his favor before the hour consumed.

Reacted, or at least tried, Murray early in the second act. He did this by putting pressure on Nadal with continuous rises to the network and removing oil from its good work with the volley. Came to enjoy up to three balls break in the second game, but his mistakes with the backhand, which seemed to have a magnet with tape, take advantage prevented the match. And the law says tennis when you forgive you end up paying. Maximum is increased to a level of player Rafa. Solid, fast legs and looking deeply into each of their strokes, the Spaniard opened the can of breaks in the fifth game and took the set after signing five consecutive games (two breaks included).

Murray's muted reaction

Murray's face was all one poem. Angry with himself, his team and the world. Quite the opposite Nadal, who looked confident gesture to his box, where Toni Nadal and Carlos Costa made him a nod. Everything was planned on the script. But tennis is not an exact science by any means. The Dunblane seemed to release the pressure that gripped his arm and then signed her 20 games first break. Despite erratic and uneven show at times exceeded contrabreak Nadal and signed a new break in the eighth game always key that helped him close the gap on aggregate.

Despite the accumulation of minute track (three games in three days), both players went up the pace and intensity of the battle. Murray was the first who had in his hands sink your teeth in the fourth, but it was Nadal who managed to take the Fresh after taking advantage of a 'best gift' of the Scots in a double fault and right into the hall of the entire track double for him. It was the last straw after a party that was soon consumed. Rafa, you might even raise the rent, to let the gallery a 'passing' house brand and a well-deserved celebration mirror track the path of suffering wrought.

Much has changed the landscape since Nadal suffered to prevail in the first round Andrey Golubev. At that time everything was clear: the game of his relationship with his uncle / coach, trust, respect their rivals ... Today everything is viewed from a different light, perhaps the closest to reality. The world No. 2 will face the No. 1 ranking (Novak Djokovic) for a major title at stake. The Big Apple will live the sixth game of the season between the two best players of the time (5-0 so far in favor of Serbia) and the twenty ninth in their careers (16-12 for Spanish). It's the same end that the Last year in the city of skyscrapers. Nadal won in 2010, he return to repeat history? Rafa asks the psychologist appointment (Monday, 22.00 Spanish time) because he wants to shelve their ghosts final.