Andy Murray reaches U.S. Open and 始める，決めるs his sights on becoming Britain's next Grand 激突する 支持する／優勝者

By Arthur ツバメ for the Daily Mail
Updated: 01:22 BST, 8 September 2008

Andy Murray marched into his first Grand 激突する final at the U.S. Open last night with a 素晴らしい victory over World No 1 Rafael Nadal.

The Scot 完全にするd a 納得させるing 6-2, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 勝利，勝つ in a match 延期するd by the 天候.

Murray had taken a two-始める，決める lead on Saturday night but was a break 負かす／撃墜する at 2-3 in the third when rain 介入するd. He failed to claw that break 支援する but won the fourth 始める，決める as Nadal's 神経 failed. He will 会合，会う Roger Federer in tonight's final.

Andy Murray celebrates after 敗北・負かすing Spain's Rafael Nadal in four 始める，決めるs at last night's U.S. Open

Murray said: 'I'm very relieved to come 支援する after yesterday and 勝利，勝つ . . . I'm just glad I （機の）カム through.'

After the match, he said: 'It was awesome. To （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 him is a 広大な／多数の／重要な feeling. He's beaten me the last five times in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 and that made it difficult.'

With the 大多数 of the noisy New York （人が）群がる behind him, Murray had 嵐／襲撃するd into a two-始める，決める lead on Saturday.

Nadal can't hide his 失望 as he loses another point to his younger competitor

However, his march into the final was 延期するd by rain from 残余s of 熱帯の 嵐／襲撃する Hanna which had 乱打するd parts of the U.S. over the 週末.

When the match was 再開するd at 紅潮／摘発するing Meadows a day later, it was Murray who took a 乱打するing from the man they call the Spanish Matador.

Nadal, who had beaten the Scot in all five previous matches against him, fought 支援する to clinch the third 始める，決める.

But Murray would not be beaten. And with his proud mother Judy, girlfriend Kim Sears and his coaching staff, known as Team Murray, 元気づける every 発射, Britain's new tennis sensation held his 神経.

The 21-year-old shows his delight at 敗北・負かすing the Spaniard

It was perhaps fitting that Murray's outfit was emblazoned with the logo of Fred Perry - the Bri tish legend he hopes to emulate in tonight's final.

As he 攻撃する，衝突する the winning 発射 pass Nadal in the Arthur Ash stadium, he clenched his 握りこぶしs, 攻撃するd his 長，率いる to the skies and clenched his 握りこぶしs with delight, or perhaps 救済.

The （人が）群がる 爆発するd with joy after 証言，証人／目撃するing 'the best match of the tournament'.

Team Murray: The tennis player receives 激励 from girlfriend Kim Sears and actor Will Ferrell

His dour demeanour and volatile temperament which have come to the fore in previous 陳列する，発揮するs have not always endeared himself to the British public.

Murray has taken steps to 改善する his 関係 with the English に引き続いて his 悪名高い comment during the 2006 World Cup that he would support any football team that was playing England.

He has since 解任するd that as 純粋に a joke, and 主張するd that he is very fond of his English grandmother.

And last night he went a long way に向かって becoming the da rling of British tennis with a professional and mesmerizing 陳列する，発揮する.

すぐに after the match, Murray met one of his favourite Hollywood comedians, Will Ferrell, who watched the game.

Murray chases a 発射 from Rafael Nadal during the match

Former British player Greg Rusedski, who has reached a US Open final himself, said of Murray: 'He's so mentally strong. He believes it is his 運命 and it will be his 運命 tomorrow.'

Tonight's match against Federer, the 現在の world number two, could 証明する something of a grudge match after the スイスの player criticised Murray after their last match.

支援する in March Murray knocked Federer out of the Dubai 選手権s in the 開始 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.

But Federer said he was unimpressed by Murray's 欠如（する） of attacking 意図, and did not believe that the British No1 had developed since they first crossed paths in the final of the 2005 Thailand Open.

'I don't think he has changed his game a whole lot since the first time I played him and I really thought he would have done,' Federer said after the match.

'He is going to have to grind it very hard in the next few years if he is going to play this way.'

Murray and Nadal 交流 congratulations and commiserations after last night's match