Murray set to upset Nadal

Andy Murray's electrifying start to his first grand slam semi-final was halted by rain in New York on Saturday night with the British number one leading US Open top seed Rafael Nadal two sets to love.

Murray had lost all five of his previous meetings with Nadal, and had not won a set against the Spaniard since their first encounter at the 2007 Australian Open, most recently losing in the Wimbledon quarter-finals and in Toronto.