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Rafael Nadal takes down Andy Murray to reach the final – Wimbledon Championships 2011

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Rafael Nadal takes down Andy Murray to reach the final – Wimbledon Championships 2011
British number one, Andy Murray continues his knack of losing in the Wimbledon semi-finals, falling once again to the top seed Rafael Nadal of Spain on Friday afternoon.
Nadal, who drops to the number two spot in world rankings come Monday, has qualified for his 13th Grand Slam final after disposing off Murray in the four-setter. The Spaniard took almost three hours of play to conclude
victory at 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4, to power his way into the final of Wimbledon Championships.
It is the third consecutive time that the world number four, Murray, has lost in the semi-finals at Wimbledon. The Briton’s drought at the Grand Slam tournaments continued in the Friday’s matchup as well, with the fourth seed poorly
crumbling in the last three sets against the Spaniard. Murray won the opening set of the match, depicting his aggressive intent in the contest but then went through a sudden slump in the following sets to let Nadal away with a convincing victory.
“Andy probably deserved to be Grand Slam winner,” Nadal said after qualifying for the final. “Always he was there: final in Australia, semi-finals Roland Garros, semi-finals here another time. That’s tough. Is not easy for him
to be there all the time and finally he lost another time. He needs little bit more luck … and he will win. I still don’t have any doubt on that.”
Nadal’s victory was assisted by the errant stroke play of Murray, who conceded 39 unforced errors, including five double faults, in contrast to the Spaniard’s mere seven unforced errors. The number one seed secured 57 out of 70
first serve points and broke his opponent’s serve five times en route to victory, while the Briton stung only one break point in the entire contest.
The contest took off with the Briton dominating over the top seed with his aggressive stroke making and commanding fury. Murray took the opening set at 7-5, when he drew first blood by breaking the powerful Rafa serve in the twelfth
game. It looked as if the contest might head to a major surprise in the tournament but the defending champion made a strong comeback in the second set to turn the tables on his opponent.
 Nadal rocketed away to victory by bagging the next three sets with the utmost ease, breaking the Briton five out of eight times to seal victory. The Spaniard will defend his Wimbledon crown in the final against the new world number
one, Djokovic, on Sunday. Djokovic took down Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semis to reach his first Wimbledon final.

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