"This victory is a present from Rafael, " said Youzhny, who has beaten Nadal in four of their seven encounters on hard courts.

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The world number two, who had won all four of his previous encounters with Almagro without dropping a set, has endured a torrid time with injuries in the last few months and was troubled by blisters to his feet in the duel, which lasted three hours 14 minutes.

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Cilic underlined his growing challenge by disposing of fellow giant Del Potro, who was clearly suffering the effects of marathon encounters which saw him play 18 sets in his four matches.

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Mr Walkin said it took about four months to create the game which has about 2, 000 possible enemies, eight tough encounters with bosses and lots of different items players can gather to boost their fighting or defensive abilities.

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In two previous meetings with the Cypriot he had failed to win a set, but the last of those encounters came three years ago and Murray has since become a fixture in the world's top four, while Baghdatis slipped out of the top 150 before making his way back up to 30 in the world.

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