Nadal moneyline was R NADAL -175, and pays off!

World No. 1 Rafael Nadal advanced to his second straight Wimbledon final on Friday, defeating fourth-seeded Andy Murray 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-4. The second-seeded Nadal was forced to miss the 2009 Wimbledon tournament due to injury.

By the end of the match, Murray wilted and Nadal proved why he holds seven major championships to the Scot's zero. The Spaniard conjured up the biggest points of the contest when his back was up against the wall. Murray played competitively, but was unable to win important points of the match to take momentum when he needed to.

After losing the first two sets by a very slim margin, Murray started the third set out well, breaking Nadal's serve for the first time all match in the first game. After Murray held strongly to go up 2-0, both players held serve soundly until Nadal broke back in the eighth game to level the set at 4-4. This was the final straw for Murray as he was left spiritless for the remainder of the match. He dropped the last two games within minutes to lose the contest.

Both players had similar statistics -- Murray had more aces (15 to Nadal's nine) and winners (37-31), but Nadal had six less unforced errors than Murray's 19 and the timely winners by the Spaniard proved too much for Murray.
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