ATP World Tour Finals 2015 Results: Wednesday Tennis Scores and Updated Schedule

Rafael Nadal comfortably beat Andy Murray 6-4, 6-1 during Wednesday's ATP World Tour Finals 2015 action.

The Spaniard played one of his best matches of the season, frustrating Murray with superb winners and passing shots throughout the afternoon. The home favourite was far from his best, but that shouldn't take away from Nadal's marvelous play.

Nadal advanced to the semi-finals thanks to Stan Wawrinka's 7-5, 6-2 win over David Ferrer, meaning Murray and the Swiss will battle it out for the other semi-final ticket in their group. Here's a look at the results and the upcoming schedule:

Date		Score
Wednesday, Nov. 18	Rafael Nadal (5)	6-4, 6-1	Andy Murray (2)
Wednesday, Nov. 18	Stan Wawrinka (4)	7-5, 6-2	David Ferrer (7)
Thursday, Nov. 19	Roger Federer (3)	TBD	Kei Nishikori (8)
Thursday, Nov. 19	Novak Djokovic (1)	TBD	Tomas Berdych (6)

Nadal Cruises Past Murray

Nadal and Murray served up a fantastic first set, but the Spaniard took control gradually and ultimately left the O2 Arena with an easy win.

The match started at a furious pace, with Murray immediately breaking Nadal's serve in the opening game before the Spaniard returned the favour. As expected, both men showed plenty of power from the baseline, and on the slower court inside the O2 Arena, it resulted in a number of impressive rallies.

Nadal settled down and found good range on his serve after the shaky opening game, limiting Murray's ability to step into the court. With little going for him in the return game, Murray tried to focus on the rallies, but to no avail.

During the changeover, Murray suddenly reached down into his bag and produced a pair of scissors, which he used to cut a strand of his hair that was apparently bothering him.

Sky Sports Tennis shared the odd moment:

The haircut seemed to help a bit in the rallies, but Nadal still looked the stronger and quicker of the two. The Spaniard was all over the court, forcing Murray into difficult shots, but the Scot answered with a lot of creativity, blasting a couple of beautiful winners across the court.

Tennis writer Ricky Dimon still thought Nadal had Murray where he wanted him:

The rallies started getting longer and fiercer as the set went on, with the umpire even calling for time to remove a patch of sweat that had formed underneath Nadal. The Spaniard continued to look the better of the two, but for all of his dominance, he couldn't convert any break chances.

Meanwhile, Murray wasn't even seeing any break chances, per the Sun's Dan King:

It took just seven games for Nadal to change his shirt, to the delight of the crowd inside the O2, but in the very next game, he again wasted two break chances. Murray was finding ways to stay alive in this match, hitting his winners and best serves at the right time.

That couldn't last, and down 5-4 and serving to stay in the set, Murray quickly fell behind 30-0 after two fine passing shots from Nadal. A massive return gave him three set points, and a routine volley meant he only needed one.

Per the Associated Press' Jerome Pugmire, viewers could clearly hear Murray muttering to himself on beIN Sports' broadcast of the match:

Murray kept on muttering to himself as he walked back out onto the court for the second set, and it seemed to affect his focus, as he looked awful during Nadal's first serve game. The Spaniard's game was as crisp as it was in the first set, but he was now finding acres of space for his winners.

The Scot then proceeded to hit two double-faults in his next serve game, all but gifting Nadal an early break. The Spaniard was on fire now, looking like the Nadal of old fans love and opponents fear.

Kevin Palmer of the Sunday World was impressed:

Murray's next serve game started better, but yet another double fault put needless pressure on his shoulders, although he did manage to hold. He showed far too little intensity in the return game, however, and Nadal took full advantage, pushing himself within two games of a win.

Another break in the next game just about ended the fans' belief Murray could produce a miracle, and Nadal served out the match.

As reported by BBC Sport's Aimee Lewis, Nadal was happy with his performance, playing virtually mistake-free tennis:

"

I think I played well in general.

The tactic against Murray is to play very well. He has all the shots so the only way to try to damage him is to play with high intensity and be aggressive. 

I didn't think I made that many mistakes. I'm very happy. I'm working hard to play matches like this.

"

Nadal wasn't assured of a spot in the semi-finals after his win, as Wawrinka still had to take at least one set from Ferrer.

Wawrinka Beats Ferrer

Wawrinka overcame a sloppy start to complete a fantastic first-set comeback against Ferrer, before dominating the rest of the match and cruising to an easy win.

Ferrer seemed to have the upper hand early, testing Wawrinka's legs in the rallies and forcing a handful of mistakes. Wawrinka, who struggled tremendously in his opening match against Nadal, didn't look any better in the first couple of games, and it didn't take long for Ferrer to grab the first break.

Per Sky Sports, his Swiss opponent didn't look happy:

Wawrinka tried to fight his way back into the set and took a magnificent rally with a beautiful forehand to move to 30-30 in the next game, but more mistakes all but handed Ferrer a three-game lead.

Slowly, Wawrinka started to find his range, and a chance of racket seemed to help as well. He held his serve with some lovely play from the base-line, came close to breaking Ferrer in the seventh game, again held his serve and finally broke back in the ninth game.

He received some help from Ferrer, who decided to hit two double faults at the worst time possible, but Wawrinka didn't care one bit, pushing his advantage to grab the first set. It gave Sporting Index the perfect excuse to share this Vine:

Because Wawrinka won the first set, Nadal is now assured of qualification for the semi-finals.

Ferrer's implosion continued early in the second set, as Wawrinka immediately grabbed another break. He held his serve to go two games up before Ferrer finally found his rhythm again, playing two pretty drop shots to win his first game of the second set.

Wawrinka was cruising at this point, easily controlling the match with his serve and firing winners from the base-line. Ferrer would win more game, before Wawrinka served out the match.

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