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 | Nadal qualify for the finals after a dramatic win over Murray28-11-2010 |
The driver-ranked Rafael Nadal (Spain) is ranked for the first time in his career for the match for the title on the final ATP tournament with a prize fund of $ 5 million. Nadal beat fifth-seeded Andy Murray (Britain) with 7:6 (5), 3:6, 7:6 (6) after the 3:11 game. Murray scored 22 aces, but this does not help him. Nadal took the first set with 7:5 points in the tiebreaker. The second part went equally, but after 2:3 Briton took five straight games. The Spaniard took advance again in the third set with an early break and led to 3:1. He missed his first game in the ninth machbol then served for the match but conceded breakthrough. This led to a second tiebreaker. It drew Murray to 3:0, but failed to maintain its advance. He lost, though placed 53 winning stroke and won by 5 points more than his opponent in the match. "Today I played one of the toughest matches of my career," said Nadal. He will stand in contention for the title against the winner of other semifinal between Roger Federer (Switzerland) and Novak Djokovic (Serbia), which is later tonight.