Rotterdam win for Murray

Murray looked comfortable as he took the first set 6-3 but both players struggled to hold serve in the second, which Nadal won 6-4.

British number one Murray took advantage of an injury to Nadal's right knee to win the third 6-0 and pick up his 10th ATP title.

The 21-year-old Murray was carrying an ankle injury he picked up during his quarter-final win over Marc Gicquel, but showed little signs of early discomfort as he raced around the court before burying two forehands to take his first service game.

Nadal held before spurning his first break point to allow Murray to take a 2-1 lead. The match stayed with serve as Murray let a 0-30 lead slip to lose the fourth before he thundered an ace down on the way to take a 3-2 lead despite his second double fault of the game.

A series of unforced errors from the Spaniard gave the Scot two break points and he seized the opportunity at the second attempt when Nadal sent a forehand long to give Murray a 4-2 lead before he clinched the set 6-3.

Both players then failed to hold serve for the remaining six games of the second set before Nadal clinched the set 6-4 when Murray hit a backhand long.

Murray broke Nadal's first game in the third to love before holding to take a 2-0 lead.

Nadal's right knee seemed to be causing him problems and he double-faulted on the way to allowing Murray to break again to give the Scot a commanding lead.

He won the next two games with ease before breezing past the despondent Nadal with an ace in the sixth to pick up his second title of the year.