Andy Murray cruises past Nuno Borges to reach Nottingham Open final and continue quest for second title in a week

Andy Murray marched into the final of the Nottingham Open with a straight-sets win over Nuno Borges to extend his winning streak and put him on the brink of a second title in the space of a week. Murray claimed a 6-3 6-2 victory in 72 minutes, his ninth consecutive win since the grass-court season started. Ad “Obviously you come here to enjoy the tennis, but ultimately you want to win the event.

It’s brilliant that I get the opportunity to try and do that tomorrow,” Murray said. TennisMurray begins Queen's quest with De Minaur match, Alcaraz could face Berrettini21 MINUTES AGO “I thought the start of the match was really good,” he added. “The second set was quite scrappy, both of us had chances to break.

The second set wasn’t so good, but the first set was high level. I was really happy with it, didn’t give him many opportunities. “But that can happen, you’re not going to play your best all the time, there is going to be blips during matches and during tournaments.

I managed to deal with it OK and got over the line in the end.” Federer 'couldn’t have been more happy' to see Djokovic win 23rd Grand Slam Exclusive: Djokovic shouldn't make it obvious he's vying for a Calendar Slam, says Becker Murray will face 20-year-old Frenchman Arthur Cazaux in Sunday’s final, after the world No. 181 continued his impressive run in Nottingham by beating fifth seed Dominik Koepfer 7-5 6-2. “I practiced with him [Cazaux] a few weeks ago in Aix-en Provence, he’s a top young French player.

It will be a good one,” Murray said. “I’ve played a lot of youngsters recently and it’s always tough to play against them. When I was that age coming up and you’re playing against more experienced players, you’ve watched them playing on the TV and you