Murray reaches first Grand Slam semifinal
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09/03/2008 -
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sixth seed Andy Murray of Great
Britain reached the semifinals at the U.S. Open on Wednesday with a tough
four-set victory over 17th seed Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina.
Murray secured his first-ever spot in a Grand Slam semifinal with a 7-6 (7-2),
7-6 (7-1), 4-6, 7-5 victory in a match that took nearly four hours to complete
on Day 10 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Murray fired nine aces and overcame 61 unforced errors, but came through when
it counted to stop a 23-match winning streak for the 19-year-old del Potro.
That included titles in his last four events.
Murray held serve to go ahead 6-5 and then won the first two points of the
12th game of the final set. Del Potro fired a forehand winner, but then
returned a ball into the net.
Del Potro saved one match point, but a wide return sent Murray into the semis
against the winner of tonight's late match between top-ranked Rafael Nadal and
American Mardy Fish.
The other quarterfinal matches will be played here on Thursday, with second-
seeded, former No. 1 and reigning four-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer
taking on upstart Gilles Muller of Luxembourg and third-seeded Novak Djokovic
battling eighth-seeded American Andy Roddick. Djokovic is the reigning Aussie
Open champ and was last year's U.S. Open runner-up to the 12-time major
titlist Federer, while Roddick is a former world No. 1 who titled here back in
2003.
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