TOKYO -- Top-seeded Rafael Nadal will take on Andy Murray in the final of the Japan Open after both recorded straight-sets victories in Saturdays semifinals. Nadal powered past Mardy Fish in the second set to beat the American 7-5, 6-1 while Murray was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over David Ferrer. The Nadal-Fish match was on serve until the 11th game in the opening set, when the Spaniard broke and then served out to love at Ariake Colosseum. The first set was marked my several long rallies, but as the match progressed Nadal took control and imposed his will with a combination of crisp ground strokes and a strong serve. Nadal, the defending champion, won 85 per cent of his second serve points in the match which lasted one hour 35 minutes. He broke Fish in the first and third games of the second set and held serve throughout. He concluded the match with another break which included a scintillating shot. Nadal ran down a crosscourt shot from Fish and then whipped a sublime winner down the line that curled just inside to paint to reach match point. The contest ended on the next point on an unforced error by Fish, who hit a smash into the net. Murray broke Ferrer in the third and fifth games of the first set and never looked back in advancing to his fifth final of the season. The Scot was never broken and closed out the match in 81 minutes. Murray, who had the trainer re-tape his right foot after the third game of the first set, overpowered Ferrer with strong play from the baseline. One of the highlights for Murray was his quick, reflexive return near the net of a powerful shot from Ferrer to go up 15-0 in the fifth game of the first set. The fourth-ranked player in the world has won three titles this season, at Queens Club, Cincinnati and Bangkok, and lost in the final of the Australian Open to Novak Djokovic. Nadal holds a 13-4 advantage over Murray in 17 career meetings, including victories in the last five matches. Murrays last victory over Nadal came last year in the semifinals in Toronto. Nadal said he played closer to the baseline against Fish and sought to press home his advantage after taking a hard-fought opening set. "Anytime you lose the first set 7-5, its painful," he stated. "At the beginning of the second set I was solid and he made some mistakes. I played better and he played worse." Nadal has a chance of being the first man to defend the Japan Open title since Pete Sampras in 1994. "Rafa played very well today and the first set was pretty high quality," Fish said. "It could have gone either way as far as the end of the (first) set, but he picked up his game and broke me at 5-5 and the second set got away from me really quickly." cheap nfl jerseys china .J. -- The Peter DeBoer era with the New Jersey Devils is officially only three practices old. wholesale jerseys . 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The Knicks went missing. Stoudemire returned after missing 13 games with a back injury, but playoff-bound New York looked tired after clinching a spot in the post-season and played one of its most uninspired games in weeks, losing 98-90 to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night. "Theres nothing about tonights game that I liked," Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. "We just didnt compete. Thats unacceptable." Stoudemire, who had been sidelined since March 24 with a bulging disk, scored 15 points and didnt show any signs of the injury. But the Knicks came out flat, stayed that way until making a late run and lost to a Cleveland team that won for just the fourth time in 19 games. "We could have come out with more energy and did a better job out there," Stoudemire said. "We felt complacent, being that we clinched, we felt like we accomplished something. We just got to keep our focus going into the post-season." The Knicks dropped to 15-6 under Woodson, who took over when Mike DAntoni resigned on March 14. New York may have missed a chance to move any higher than the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference. As it stands now, the Knicks will face LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat in the first round. "Theres no reason to panic right now," Stoudemire said. "We feel like we can do some damage in the post-season." Carmelo Anthony added 12 points, but he and Tyson Chandler sat out the entire fourth quarter as Woodson chose to rest some of his starters before a matchup with Atlanta on Sunday. "There was a 20-point lead at about the 7- or 8-minute mark," Woodson said. "I started to go back (to them) and I just said no. Im thinking this is seven games in 11 days for us, maybe they are tired, but thats not an excuse. You have to give Cleveland credit. "They kept playing and didnt quit playing from the beginning to the end." Manny Harris had 19 points and a career-high 12 rebounds to lead the Cavs, and rookie Kyrie Irving scored 21 points in his second game back from a shoulder injury. Samardo Samuels added 15 points for the Cavs, who have won 10 straight at home over the Knicks. New York hasnt won in Cleveland since Nov. 29, 2006. "I cant explain it whatsoever," Cavs coach Byron Scott said of Clevelands dominance over NNew York.dddddddddddd. "We came out ready and they were kind of not into it." Stoudemire was in foul trouble in the first 5 minutes and never got into a groove. Anthony, who has had to carry the scoring load with the teams No. 2 scoring option sidelined, went just 5 of 13 from the field in 29 uninspired minutes. The Knicks didnt wake up until the final minutes when they cut a 19-point deficit to eight on two free throws by Stoudemire with 2:33 left. New York had a chance to get closer, but Toney Douglas made a silly pass for a turnover and JR Smith then fouled Harris on a 3-point miss. Harris knocked down two free throws and Clevelands Donald Sloan drove past four Knicks standing like statues for an easy layup to put the Cavs ahead 96-82. "Ive seen this happen over the years," Woodson said. "You clinch a spot. Guys take a sigh of relief and they stop playing." Not the Cavs. They outhustled the listless Knicks to loose balls, and with only the NBA lottery to look forward to, had one of their best home games this season. Cleveland had a little luck, too. Leading 74-60, the Cavs were in danger of turning it back over when Harris lost control of the ball. But he ran it down near halfcourt, turned and launched his 42-footer that caromed in off the glass as the horn sounded. "I knew it had a chance," Harris said. "I tried to aim a little higher and what happened, happened." Irving showed some nice flashes in 26 minutes. The presumptive rookie of the year made two driving layups in traffic and dropped all eight free throw attempts. 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