My previously-expressed doubts about Nadal's status as favorite for the Canadian Rogers Masters event proved valid as he was dismissed by a very sharp Andy Murray, 6-3, 6-4, in their semifinal encounter earlier today. The match was closer than the scoreline might lead one to believe, hinging a couple of crucial points in each set, and the outcome may well have been drastically altered by a single errant line call which saved Murray from going down a break midway through the first, but it was nonetheless a comprehensively impressive showing and an uplifting victory for the Scot- good news for his fans, who have had relatively little cause for cheer in recent months. It is hard to imagine Murray not offering at the least a major fight for either Federer or Djokovic in tomorrow's final.
On that note, I had intended to forecast a tough three-set win for Federer in today's second semifinal, but this idea appears highly dubious, to say the least, after seeing the first set, in which Federer blitzed an out-of-sorts Djokovic 6-1 in less a half-hour. As I write this, Djokovic continues to spray errors against a very aggressive Federer and is already down a break in the second set...
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