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| Andy Murray of Britain returns the ball during the men's quarterfinal match against Marin Cilic of Croatia at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing, China, Oct. 3, 2014. Murray won 2-0. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua) |
BEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Andy Murray claimed his seventh straight win as he dispatched US Open champion Marin Cilic 6-1, 6-4 in the China Open quarter-finals Friday.
Murray will face world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in Saturday's semifinals. It will be the pair's 22nd meeting, and Djokovic leads by 13 winnings. The Serb has won both their contests this season, in four sets in the US Open quarter-finals and in straight sets in the Miami quarter-finals.
"It's always difficult against Novak," said Murray. "His form here, he's never lost, which is very impressive.
"I'm aware it's going to be an extremely difficult match tomorrow. But it will be very good for me to get that match and see if I can make some improvements from the US Open.
"If I play like I did at the US Open, I'll definitely give myself an opportunity in the match. It's going to be a good test and I look forward to it."
Djokovic beat Grigor Dimitrov with a 6-2, 6-4 victory in the very same day as he improved to a 22-0 mark at the China Open.
"Every time I play Andy, it's a huge challenge. It's a very physical match. A lot of long rallies, exchanges. I do not expect anything less than that tomorrow," said Djokovic.
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