Andy Murray is beaten by Federer

Andy Murray's dreams of winning the US Open are over after he was beaten by Roger Federer in straight sets.

The 21-year-old was hoping to become the first British man to win one of the major tennis tournaments - known as a Grand Slam - for 72 years.

Murray made it through to the final of the competition, but in the end he lost to Federer 6-2 7-5 6-2.

The Swiss Player has now won the US Open five times, and has 13 Grand Slam titles in total.

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It was Murray's first Grand Slam final and it followed his first-ever win over world number one Rafael Nadal.

After the match he said: "I had a great tournament but I came up against, in my opinion, the best player ever to play the game today.

I've got a lot of improving to do if I want to win one of these tournaments.

"I love playing in front of this crowd - it's been the best time of my life."

Even though he didn't win, he still won a million dollars - which is around £500,000 - in prize money.