Andy Murray reflected on an 'awesome' semi-final win which gave him the chance to play Roger Federer for the US Open title.
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Andy Murray reflected on an 'awesome' semi-final win which gave him the chance to play Roger Federer for the US Open title.
Murray can become the first British Grand Slam winner since Fred Perry in 1936 if he can defeat Federer at Flushing Meadows on Monday night.
The 21-year-old Scot does have a winning record against the former world number one - although Federer is the king of New York after winning the last four titles.
Murray held a two-set lead after an overnight rain delay, but Nadal came firing back and was at his very best as he took the third.
The current number one could not live Murray, even from the baseline, and eventually Murray won out to book his place in the final.
Awesome
Britain's first Grand Slam finalist since Greg Rusedski in New York in 1997 was delighted to have finally won his first match against Nadal - and what a time to break his duck.
"It was awesome," Murray told
Sky Sports 1.
"To beat him is a great feeling, he's beaten me five times in a row so that was tough in itself but to do it in a semi is mentally very difficult.
"With the rain delay yesterday, being up two sets and being in the driving seat, then changing courts, and it was windy today - there were a lot of things for me to deal with but I was really happy with how I did it.
"It was really tough to serve at the new end of the court, it was really windy, I don't know what it looked like watching but it was.
"It was tough to serve up there so I knew I would have chances to break and just had to hang in there.
"In that game I had six or seven break points before I lost it so it was tough to come back from that."
Final test
Murray is now tantalisingly close to a Grand Slam victory, but it will be his first final and he will be up against a man with a remarkable record.
Federer is also as hungry as ever after watching Nadal steal his spotlight this year, and it is his last chance to retain his record of winning at least one Grand Slam every year since 2003.
"It's going to be tough he's (Federer) played better these last couple of matches after he struggled a little bit early on," Murray added.
"But he played really well against Novak (Djokovic) and he's won here the last four times so to beat him in the final of a slam will be really tough
"He's got an unbelievable record in slam finals and here obviously so I'm going to have to play great to have a chance tomorrow."
