Good afternoon everyone and welcome to our coverage of the US Open tennis from a fast-drying out New York City

Nadal 7-6, 6-1, 6-2 Game, Set & Match - It is all over and Nadal wraps up what, in the end, was a comfortable victory. He saw off the final game with a taste of Mueller's own medicine, getting in to the net and slicing a backhand volley which left Gilles stranded at the back of the court.

Nadal 7-6, 6-1, 5-2 - BREAK Another break for Nadal and Mueller seems a spent force now. Gilles had played a decent point eventually winning it with a backhand volley at the net but his tame baseline forehand that landed long summed up how his game has gone over the last two sets.

Nadal 7-6, 6-1, 4-2 Nadal presses home his advantage with a comfortable hold of serve, more powerful forehands from the Spaniard and failings on the backhand from Mueller prove the difference again

Nadal 7-6, 6-1, 3-2 Key game there as Nadal breaks and goes into the lead, the bit of momentum that Mueller that was building up has completely evaporated and Rafa is on the home straight to victory now

Nadal 7-6, 6-1, 2-2 Very sloppy game there as two unforced errors from Mueller saw him send consecutive forehands into the net but a double fault from Nadal kept him in the game. Further errors from each man took the game to deuce but two long returns from Mueller ended it quickly after that stage to level the set up.

Nadal 7-6, 6-1, 2-1 - BREAK Mueller looked to be getting into his stride there, good serve and volley took him to 30-0 ahead but then Nadal showed soem real quality to romp back to take the game. The final point was flashed infront of Gilles as he came to the net and it just found the left hand line.

Nadal 7-6, 6-1, 0-2 - BREAK Well there is a surprise. Mueller is rallying well and showing some serious aggression. His returns were that of a man who had nothing to lose and it paid off there, taking Nadal a bit by surprise and forcing him into some errors of his own.

Nadal 7-6, 6-1, 0-1 Mueller with a change of shirt and a change of luck as he takes the first game with the serve. The only way he can hang on here is to keep up that form on his own serve.

Nadal 7-6, 6-1 Well that was very easy indeed for the defending champion. He wins the final game of the set to love as Mueller sends a forehand well wide to the left, he seems to have lost his confidence completely here and he will need to improve greatly in the next set to avoid a defeat in three.

Nadal 7-6, 5-1 Mueller stops the rot for now but it is going to be too little too late here, a cracking ace to win the game will have boosted his confidence for now, but it probably won't last.

Nadal 7-6, 5-0 This is certainly nothing like the first set as big serves from Nadal, either side of his opponent are proving too much for Mueller. A 126mph effort is his fastest of the match so far. He wins the game with a thunderous forehand down the line.

Nadal 7-6, 4-0 Well that game arguably produced the shot of the tournament. Mueller was up at the net and he vollied hard down to Rafa's left but he got across right out outside the lines and behind the baseline but managed to hammer a forehand past Mueller's forehand into pretty much the only square milimetre that he could find. Nadal can't use his first two break points but as Mueller continued to come into the net he is lobbed to go 4-0 down.

Nadal 7-6, 3-0 Nadal is really motoring now, he wins the third game of the set to love and with an exclamation mark as he lands a near-perfect ace across Mueller that left him no chance at all

Nadal 7-6, 2-0 Good stuff from Rafa. He got a bit lucky on the first shot as he lunged with a backhand and it fell just in leaving Mueller with a simple lob that he sent long. A couple of really powerful passing forehands showed that Nadal is getting into his best rhythm and finally Mueller sends a forehand into the net to add to his ever growing list of unforced errors.

Nadal 7-6, 1-0 The Spaniard opens up the second set with a hold of serve, but he did not have it all his own way. A crushing two-handed backhand down the line from Mueller took it to 30-30 but then a poorly judged backhand slice lands long before a forehand clips the tape and lands on the wrong side of the net for the man from Luxembourg.

Nadal 6-6 (7-1) The defending champion romps to victory in the tie-break, he comes into the net after pushing Mueller back and volleys to hand himself five set points. A wayward forehand from Gilles handed the first set to Rafa.

Nadal 6-6 (4-1) Mueller gets off the mark in the tie-break by stepping inside a forehand and slashing it across Nadal, he is still in trouble though here

Nadal 6-6 (3-0) Rafa looks like he is going to take this tie-break now as Mueller badly mishits a backhand volley at the net to go three points behind at the start of the tie-break

Nadal 6-6 Very comfortable game for Rafa there as he wins it in no time at all to love. We are in to a tie-break

Nadal 5-6 More good stuff up at the net from Mueller puts him 30-0 ahead before a beauty of a whipped forehand across the front of his opponent from the baseline gets him off the mark. Mueller really badly mishit his next forehand sending it comfortably wide and after picking up the next point double faulted to take the game to deuce. Gilles survives two break points as the game swung each way, but he eventually closed it out.