2009 INDIAN WELLS MASTERS

FINAL

           RAFAEL NADAL    v   ANDY MURRAY                

6-1, 6-2     

Strong desert winds made conditions difficult for both players, but Murray will have gone home with the distinct impression that he was literally blown off court today.
Nadal held a 5-2 head-to-head advantage going into this match, but Murray had been triumphant in their last two meetings,

including the semi-finals of the US open in September last year.
Rafa Nadal wasted no time in avenging that defeat, coming out with all guns blazing,

taking the championship with a 6-1, 6-2 win and looking every bit the best player in the world.
It had been suggested that Murray was looking like the in-form player coming into this final, having ousted three-times champion Roger Federer with relative ease in the semis.
Rafa Nadal, on the other hand, claimed a straight sets victory over America's Andy Roddick in the other semi-final,

but showed such uncharacteristic inaccuracy in his groundstrokes that many were betting against him for the title.

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