Roland Garros 2011: Rafael Nadal beats Murray to reach final

Defending Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal is in the final of the French Open for the sixth time in the past seven years after beating Britain’s Andy Murray in the semifinals 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. This increased the top-ranked Spaniard’s head-to-head series lead against the world number four to 11-4.

Nadal is a five-time Roland Garros champion and is trying to tie Bjorn Borg’s haul of six in Sunday’s title match. He only lost once in his past six appearance in the tournament, in 2009 against Robin Soderling. His next opponent is the winner of the semifinal match between Roger Federer vs Novak Djokovic.