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Sun 09 Sep 2008Murray holds advantage against Nadal
Tennis - US Open: Andy Murray's electrifying start to his first Grand Slam semi-final was halted by rain in New York 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.
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