Murray, 23, squandered a gilt-edged break-back opportunity at 3-4 and found himself serving to stay in the set in the following game, but held to force his 29-year-old opponent to serve it out.
Nadal stepped up a gear to break back at 5-3 before taking it on a tie-break and one break was enough in the third.
Four minutes later a length-of-the-field break by full-back Morgan Stoddart put winger Jones in to outpace Beauxis from outside the 22 to put his side 8-6 up.
Another Thorman penalty nudged the Giants further ahead before a late points flurry - Whatuira scoring following a 90-metre break by full-back Leroy Cudjoe, Griffin charging over from close range, and a final-minute Thorman try - completed the resounding victory.
Berdych was soon serving for the match and the pressure appeared to have got the better of him as Federer saved a match point and brought up a break-back point.
Moments later, Murray double-faulted for the first time to give Federer a break-back point in game eight, but he responded brilliantly with an ace out wide and the danger had passed.
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The Swiss admitted afterwards he had struggled with his return and lacked rhythm but despite facing a number of break points his back-hand and deft touch at the net remained his most potent weapons as he edged a nervy third set.
It was panic stations for the Briton and he responded by reverting to the scrambling skills that are the bedrock of his game, forcing the errors from Baghdatis to break back for 1-1 when the Cypriot failed to make a smash.
Having taken the first set to a tie-break, Soderling fought back from 4-2 down in the second set to level at 4-4 but Nadal -- who lost to Andy Murray in the final last year -- showed no signs of the inconsistency that plagued the latter half of his 2009 campaign as he clinched victory.
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Russian number one Safin lost the first set of his match on a tie-break but came back strongly to win the next two 7-5 7-5, before closing out the match 6-1 as the Argentine crumbled.
Serving for the match at 5-4, he forced a match point, saved by Federer, who proceeded to break back to level at 5-5.
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They spend two weeks at a time on the platform, handing over to their opposite number - or 'back-to-back' - before heading home for a fortnight's break.
Wales led 9-6 at half time on an occasion made memorable by a post-haka stand-off, but the visitors hit back after the break to win 29-9.
Durant and Thabo Sefolosha hit back-to-back 3-pointers en route to a 54-41 lead at the break.
Both players held serve to take the second game to tie-break, which Murray won after coming back from 4-1 down.
Gareth McAuley missed out just before the break when the full-back headed into the side-netting from an inswinging Chris Brunt cross.
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Hitting the ageing Finns on the counter-attack is what is what Wales had to do and nine minutes before the break, Tottenham left-back Bale did just that crossing from the by-line for Simon Church, but the Reading striker could not direct his glancing header goal-bound.
The visitors struck first after the break as Tindall's half-break set Balshaw free and Barkley converted, but they saw full-back Morgan limp off in the 44th minute.
In searing early afternoon heat on the Stadium court, the match evolved into a baseline battle and Agassi began to hit harder and deeper before moving a break ahead at 4-3, only for Henman to break back.
Wales hit back after half-time as a fine pass back inside from Jonathan Davies allowed Halfpenny to break through, then a line-out catch and drive shoved Hobbs over.
However, Monfils, ranked 17th in the world, regained his nerve in the next game to break back and put his country 1-0 up.
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Henman saved four break points in the ninth game and was back on level terms after Nadal double-faulted at break point in the next.
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Myler's second successful conversion put Northampton 20-14 in front at the break and Gloucester reshuffled their back division for the second half, with Simpson-Daniel moving into midfield instead of Tim Molenaar and Charlie Sharples slotting in on the wing.
Roddick, who been troubled by a shoulder injury this season, looked on his way to a straight-sets win but Mahut fought back to level the match in a tie-break.
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