LONDON: Rafael Nadal admitted on Thursday that his brutal Wimbledon destruction of hapless Andy Murray was virtually perfect. The Spanish world number two brushed aside Britain’s last hope 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to set up a comfortable-looking semifinal with either Rainer Schuettler or Arnaud Clement.

Nadal didn’t face a single break point against Murray who, in turn, described the Spaniard’s rocket-powered forehand as “ridiculous”.

Even Nadal, who was agonisingly close to snatching the world number one’s title in a five-set final epic in 2007, admits there is little he needs to work on. “If I play like I did against Andy, especially the second set, there’s not a lot of things,” he said. “With the second half of the first set and especially the second set, this was probably my best match here.

“I think I’m doing a lot of things better than last year. The slice is better. My position on court is better. I’m playing more aggressive with the forehand all the time, and the backhand is feeling good.”