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Hurricane Hanna may have delayed Andy Murray ’s passage through to his first ever US Open final, but the fiery Scot whipped up a storm of his own as he triumphed over Rafael Nadal 6-2, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 in a veritable thriller that kept the packed Arthur Ashe Stadium enthralled throughout. One of the subplots to tonight’s semi-final was the US Open organisers baffling decision to stagger the start times for the men’s semi-finals on Super Saturday. Having known with some degree of certainty that the weather would halt play, the sensible decision was to start both matches at 11am. Interview