Win over Federer puts Murray in the final

Andy Murray fought back from a set down to defeat world number two Roger Federer and progress through to the final of the Madrid Masters.

Murray also gained revenge for his defeat to Federer in last month's US Open final with today's 3-6 6-3 7-5 victory in the Spanish capital, and he will next face either world number one Rafael Nadal and or Gilles Simon in tomorrow's final.

World number four Murray lost 6-2 7-5 6-2 to Federer at Flushing Meadows in what was the Scot's first-ever Grand Slam final, and he had to do it the hard way today to avoid another defeat to the 27-year-old after losing the first set.

The first breakthrough of the match came in the sixth game when Murray, having already saved one break point at 30-40, overhit a forehand to leave Federer holding a 4-2 advantage.

Federer, who this week overtook Pete Sampras as the record prize winner in men's tennis history, did not let that advantage slip as Murray dropped his first set this week.

Having won two of his four career meetings with Federer previously though, the 21-year-old Murray knew that the situation was salvageable.

And so it proved as the fourth seed broke Federer in the fourth game of the second set to level the match up and keep alive his hopes of winning a fourth ATP title of the year.

In the final set the impressive Murray looked to hold the upper hand throughout and had Federer regularly in all sorts of trouble on his own serve.

However, the world number four had to wait until the 11th game of the set to finally make it count as, after failing to make the most of six break points previously in the set, it was lucky number seven to take a 5-4 lead.

Murray then held his serve to take the victory following an enthralling match of just under two hours. Murray was delighted with the way he managed to turn the match around.

He told Sky Sports: "When Roger gets ahead he plays really aggressive, he plays with a lot of confidence and he really races through his service games.

"I was lucky in the second set, I managed to go ahead early and relax a bit from there. I had to try and take my chances, which is tough against him because he plays so well on the big points.

"I served great, and that was the key. I didn't give him too many chances and that was the reason I won."

Murray is looking for his second successive Masters Series title after victory in Cincinnati in August.

He would relish another meeting with Nadal, who he lost to at the same event last season but beat for the first time in the US Open semi-finals.

"It would be great," Murray added. "I played him last year here and we had a really good match, great atmosphere again.

"He's number one player in the world, he's had a great year and I look forward to playing either of them.

"It's a Masters Series final; this is all kind of new to me, I've only been in one final before so I'll just try and enjoy it."