Murray beats Federer, Ginepri

Cincinnati, Ohio -- Scottish teenager Andy Murray stunned the world number one, Roger Federer on Wednesday. The Swiss powerhouse went down 7-5 6-4 to the 19-year old Brit in the second round of the Cincinnati Master Series.

Federer’s run of consecutive finals ended at 17, one short of the record set by Ivan Lendl in 1981-1982. The Swiss won the last 55 of his North American hardcourt events. Two years ago he made a first round exit after losing to Dominik Hrbaty here.

This time he lost his serve seven times, a personal low point in a three-set match. Federer was rather dismayed and said, “That is what I regret, I couldn't hit one.” He went on to add, “It’s disturbing and disappointing. I'm sorry the match didn't end the way I wanted. He played pretty well, and I have to give him credit. He was able to close it out when he had to.”

Federer has eight grand-slam titles to his credit and now seems optimistic. “We'll see what I've got to do now the next few days, I'm really excited about the U.S. Open now,” he said.

Murray held his nerve throughout the match and finished it off in 90 minutes. He felt that his tennis stars were lined up on the momentous day. “I just felt today it was my time to win against him,” he said.

After defeating Federer, Murray joined Spain's Rafael Nadal as the only men to get past the Swiss, this year.

Friday saw the British teenager standing on his feet to prove to the world that he was no one-day-wonder. Murray followed up his win over world number one Roger Federer by beating American Robby Ginepri 7-6 2-6 6-4.

“That's the most tired I've been on a tennis court,” Murray said. “That was my 13th match in 16 days and I am just not used to it. My legs weren't there today. Going into the third set I really didn't think I was going to win, but I just tried to keep fighting.” The victory has marked him as the most promising new comer.

Murray will get a few hours to recover before he faces the American ninth seed, Andy Roddick. Having lost to Murray twice this year Roddick said. “Unlike the two times before we've played, people might give him the edge right now.”

Murray has won 20 of his last 25 matches, reaching the finals at Washington, the semifinals in Toronto and now the quarterfinals in Cincinnati. In only his second year on the tour, Murray has risen to No. 21 in the world rankings.