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Britain's Andy Murray |
Britain's Andy Murray reached the final of the Cincinnati Open with a 6-3 7-6 win over American Mardy Fish in sweltering heat on Saturday.
The Scot was on top in the first set, playing smart tennis, but struggled during a bizarre second set, which featured six breaks of serve and ended with a tie-break, won 10-8 by Murray.
Murray will now face the winner of the second semi-final between world number one Novak Djokovic and Czech Tomas Berdych, who were due to play later on Saturday.
The 24-year-old Murray will be appearing in his eighth Masters series final. He has already won six titles, including Cincinnati in 2008.
Fish, who had beaten Murray in their last three meetings, came into the match on a high after his first career win over world number two Rafa Nadal and a week after reaching the Montreal Masters final.
But despite loud home support for the American, the mood of the first set was very much one of Murray in control after he broke Fish, on the fourth break point in a long fourth game.
Murray then went 4-1 up with a superb two handed backhand down the line after saving break point as Fish made him work to keep his advantage.
The Scot broke on Fish's opening serve in the second set but then lost serve himself, setting the tone for a set where each player was broken three times.
With Murray grabbing his right thigh and his left hamstring and Fish also looking a little worn out, the second set was riddled with unforced errors, seven from Murray and 23 from Fish.
Murray, trailed 4-2 in the tie-break, but battled back and seemed to have won at 8-7 when the umpire ruled his effort in but Fish challenged and the decision was over-turned.
The Scotsman kept his cool to win the next two points, on Fish errors, and move into the final without losing a set this week.
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