Nadal continues semi-final streak against Murray

Andy Murray lost to Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals of a third successive Grand Slam as the defending champion clinched a 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2 victory at the US Open last night.

The world number four felt the hard courts of Flushing Meadows gave him a better chance than he had had at the French Open or Wimbledon but in the first two sets Nadal was simply too good.