Nadal recovers from set down to reach first US Open semi-final

RAFAEL NADAL hit back from a set down against Mardy Fish to secure a place in the semi-finals of the US Open for the first time.

The world number one edged out the unseeded American 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2 in a match that finished well into the early hours of yesterday.

Having shared the opening two sets the match was in the balance, but the momentum swung Nadal’s way when he broke Fish in the seventh game of the third set. He served it out and continued to hold the edge with a break in the third game of the fourth. And the American dropped his serve again to fall 5-2 behind.