Nadal wins late match in U.S. Open semifinal to meet Murray
World amount one Rafael Nadal came from one set down to defeat American Mardy Fish 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 aboriginal Thursday morning, extensive the semifinals of the U.S. Open for the aboriginal time.
The 22-year-old Spaniard bankrupt the two-hour-and-40-minute bout at 2:10 in the morning and thanked the admirers who backward to the end of a day abounding of continued matches.
“I’m actual blessed for getting the aboriginal time in the semifinals of the US Open,” Nadal said. “Mardy played actual able-bodied in the aboriginal set, served awfully well.”
Nadal, who is gluttonous three Grand Slam titles in a row afterward French Open and Wimbledon Open success, will face British sixth berry Andy Murray in Saturday’s semifinals of the year’s endure Grand Slam tournament.
Murray accomplished his aboriginal Grand Slam semifinal with a 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-1), 4-6, 7-5 achievement over Argentina’s 19-year-old Juan Martin Del Potro.
Saturday’s added semifinal bond will be absitively after Thursday if four-time arresting best Federer meets Luxembourg qualifier Gilles Muller and Serbian third berry Novak Djokovic faces U.S. eighth berry Andy Roddick.
