Pedant alert. Ok, he hammered him in sets two and three. Check that, he annihilated him in the third set. Murray has actually beaten Nadal twice in slams. Presumably he was injured and going through the motions on both occasions. Murray won Shanghai last year against Federer so it makes no difference who turns up at Masters 1000, Murray can still win comfortably. Yes, Nole and Fed remain an issue in slams but perhaps his more aggressive play will pay dividends next season.