Murray confident of stopping Nadal’s Paris march

ANDY MURRAY scrapped his way through to the French Open semi-finals for the first time yesterday and then declared: “I can beat Rafael Nadal.”

The world number four will take on the five-time Roland Garros champion tomorrow after coming through a topsy-turvy clash with Juan Ignacio Chela 7-6 (7/2) 7-5 6-2.

Murray has now made the semi-finals of three clay-court events this year after losing close matches to Nadal in Monte Carlo and Novak Djokovic in Rome, and he believes he can make it third-time lucky to reach his first final on the surface.