US Open 2011: Andy Murray v Rafael Nadal – live!

• Press refresh or turn on the auto-update for the latest • Email rob.smyth@guardian.co.uk with your thoughts • Get all the latest scores here 10.32pm Andy Murray walks out on court, headphones on as ever. Presumably he’s listening to this . Nadal bounces out after him. On Sky, Boris Becker, Greg Rusedski and Annabel Croft all tip Nadal to win. 10.14pm The winner of this match will play Novak Djokovic in Monday’s final. He has just completed an epic victory over Roger Federer: 6-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5. 10.02pm “So you want to know what’s going on in the world?” says Paul Taylor. “I’ll tell you what’s going on in the world. The world is gong to hell in a handbasket, if you ask me. That nice lady who ran over Reese Witherspoon the other day is being forced to retake her driving test just because she’s 84 years old. What kind of a dumb reason is that? For Christ’s sake, leave people alone, can’t you?” 9.50pm “You ask, ‘What’s the rumpus?’” begins Mac Millings. “I’ll tell you what the rumpus is. Some people dislike Andy Murray, but I don’t. His QF victory means that I have not missed a rarely-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rubberneck the 21st Century Sideshow Attraction known as Rob Smyth’s Fumbling Foray Into Tennis Commentary. It’s just like the other kind of Smyth Fumble, in that you’re in the dark, aren’t sure of the rules, and don’t know a forehand from foreplay. At least it’ll last more than a couple of minutes, eh? Unless there’s an early groin pull. Or a premature moisture stoppage. Etc.” Oh, Millings . Anyway, enough of that tennis lark . Recent MBMs/OBOs/GBGs have been far too dull and full of, y’know, sport. What else is going on in the world? What’s the rumpus? Preamble The book says we may be through with the past, but the past ain’t through with us . It certainly ain’t through with Andy Murray. Every time he goes into a grand slam match against one of Federer, Djokovic and Nadal, he does so with a diabolical monkey on his back: a record two wins out of ten and eight sets out of 33 in slams against the big three. And that record is getting worse. Since beating Nadal in the quarter-finals of the 2010 Australian Open he has lost five in a row and trails 15-1 on sets. Murray knows that many people think the story has already been written, that he will continue to bang his heid against the brick wall for the rest of his career, and that he is never going to win a slam. Even when Federer retires he will have to find a way past Djokovic and Nadal, two men with the will of Keyser Soze. It’s enough to drive a man to the offy. For Murray, the first challenge tonight is not to beat Nadal; it’s to think he can beat Nadal. US Open 2011 US Open tennis Andy Murray Rafael Nadal Tennis Rob Smyth guardian.co.uk

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