Murray into semi-finals of US Open

Andy Murray declared himself pleased with his performance after seeing off giant American John Isner in four sets to reach the US Open semi-finals in New York. The Scot became only the seventh man in the Open era to reach the last four at all four grand slams in a single year with a gripping 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/2) victory over the 28th seed.

The world No 4, who follows in the footsteps of Rod Laver, Tony Roche, Ivan Lendl, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, said: “I played great, pretty much throughout the match. But he started serving very, very well. Most sets came down to a few points here and there. I played really well, especially in the fourth-set tiebreak. I’m glad to get through.”

Murray cruised to two sets up but the 28th seed hit back with some superb tennis in the third and fourth sets before disappointing in the tie break. Next up for Murray will be a semi-final against either Nadal or Andy Roddick.