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Murray marches to second clay-court final at Madrid; Nadal awaits

Andy Murray defeated Kei Nishikori 6-3 6-4 on Saturday to set up a Madrid Open final against defending champion Rafael Nadal. Murray won his maiden clay-court title on Monday with victory at the BMW Open and has wasted little time in getting a second final on the surface under his belt. MORE: Kvitova 'fell in love' with tennis again after beating Serena | French Open preview The Scot has not dropped a set since round two when Philipp Kohlschreiber – the man he beat to triumph in Germany last week – took the match to 1-1 before collapsing in the decider. Murray has since gone on to knock out Marcel Granollers and Milos Raonic and, having shared the opening six games against Nishikori, he won the last three on the bounce - two on the Japanese star's serve – to assume control of the encounter. An early setback in the second set was immediately rectified by the second seed and, after serving to love to go 5-4 in front, Murray made one final break to put the match to bed. Murra...

Murray marches to second clay-court final at Madrid; Nadal awaits

Andy Murray defeated Kei Nishikori 6-3 6-4 on Saturday to set up a Madrid Open final against defending champion Rafael Nadal. Murray won his maiden clay-court title on Monday with victory at the BMW Open and has wasted little time in getting a second final on the surface under his belt. MORE: Kvitova 'fell in love' with tennis again after beating Serena | French Open preview The Scot has not dropped a set since round two when Philipp Kohlschreiber – the man he beat to triumph in Germany last week – took the match to 1-1 before collapsing in the decider. Murray has since gone on to knock out Marcel Granollers and Milos Raonic and, having shared the opening six games against Nishikori, he won the last three on the bounce - two on the Japanese star's serve – to assume control of the encounter. An early setback in the second set was immediately rectified by the second seed and, after serving to love to go 5-4 in front, Murray made one final break to put the match to bed. Murra...