Andy Murray vs. Roger Federer: Score, Reaction from 2015 Western & Southern Open

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Published: August 22, 2015

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Roger Federer's recent dominance over Andy Murray continued Saturday at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati as the second-seeded star cruised into Sunday's final with a 6-4, 7-6(6) victory.

The Swiss legend is a six-time Cincinnati Masters champion, and he will have a chance to make it seven if he can get past world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who eliminated Alexandr Dolgopolov in three sets earlier in the day.

Murray has now dropped five consecutive matches to Federer, which brings the 28-year-old Brit's all-time record against the 17-time Grand Slam champion to 11-14.

Based on Murray's recent inability to beat Federer, BBC's David Law stressed the importance of a fast, in-your-face start Saturday:



Unfortunately for Murray, though, he was coming off a pair of three-set wins over Grigor Dimitrov and Richard Gasquet, which he admitted had taken a lot out of him, according to the ATP World Tour website.

"(I'm) obviously tired. Played a lot of matches, a lot of late nights where my recovery hasn't been perfect either," Murray said. "So I'm just happy I managed to fight through a lot of tough matches, difficult situations, and hopefully that will keep me in good stead."

Murray's fatigue was somewhat apparent during the opening stages as Fed broke him early and quickly gained an advantage in the opening set.

After that, Law anticipated that the match could have potentially gotten out of hand:



Although Murray was able to avoid any further damage on serve during the first set, one break was all Federer needed as the 34-year-old veteran took a 6-4 advantage into the second set.

With that first-set triumph, Federer had remarkably won 11 of his past 12 sets in matches against Murray, per Bryan Armen Graham of Guardian US:



While both men were able to hold their respective serves early in the second set, Ben R...
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