Fish left floundering by marvellous Murray
Andy Murray beats Mardy Fish to reach semi-finals at Queen's Club
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Friday, 12, Jun 2009 10:33
Top seed Andy Murray has continued his impressive start to the grass-court season with a straight-sets win over American Mardy Fish at Queen's Club.
The Briton looked in imperious form once again to march on into the semi-finals at the Aegon Championships following his 7-5 6-3 victory - his third straight since being knocked out in the quarter-finals of the French Open last week.
Murray is the highest-ranked player in the draw following world number one Rafael Nadal's withdrawal through injury.
And he showed just how good a player he can be on grass, ten days away from the start of Wimbledon, as he secured a total of three breaks of serve against Fish.
The first break came at the crucial stage of the first set, which had looked like going to a tiebreak with both players solid on serve.
But Murray put Fish under increasing pressure to force the all-important game against serve - which gave him the momentum heading into the second set.
The number eight seed was then unable to live with Murray when he upped his game - breaking twice in the second set to secure a semi-final clash with Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero, who beat Steve Darcis 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the day's first quarter-final match.