Murray tipped for French Open glory as Nadal is dethroned

'Marriage works' announces Murray as he beats King of Clay and maintains 100 per cent record since wedding

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Having never won a clay-court tournament until this month, newly-married Andy Murray has suddenly developed a taste for the surface, and pulled off the ultimate achievement of beating Rafael Nadal in the final of the Madrid Masters on Sunday.

Nadal, a nine-times winner of the French Open is the "best clay-court player in history", says Leo Roopanarine in The Guardian. But he was swatted away 6-3, 6-2 by the Scot who played with an "authority and conviction... which few players other than Novak Djokovic have been able to summon against the great Spaniard on clay".

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