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Shanghai - Britain's Andy Murray brushed aside burly Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2 6-2 to reach the Shanghai Masters semi-finals on Friday, while Serb Novak Djokovic also reached the last four.
Fourth-seeded Murray looks to be returning to form after a recent illness, taking command early in the first set and was hardly troubled in the second as he advanced to last four in just 54 minutes.
"He struggled a little bit on his serve and wasn't serving as big as usual, so I managed to get into a lot of the return games," said Murray.
"I served well and didn't give him any chances on my serve. I was hitting the ball really cleanly from the back of the court, so it was a good start," he added.
The error-prone Tsonga was no match for the 23-year-old world number four, whose stinging backhand returns forced the 12th seed into submission.
Murray will meet Juan Monaco in the last four after the Argentine battled to a 6-7 7-5 6-2 win over Austria's Juergen Melzer, the 13th seed who knocked out world number one Rafa Nadal on Thursaday.
World number two Djokovic also eased into the semis by trouncing unseeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2 6-3.
The Serb broke the Spaniard's serve to take the first set with ease but had to work a little harder in the second to complete the victory.
Roger Federer takes on Robin Soderling for the last semi-final spot.
Results:
Andy Murray (GBR x4) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x12) 6-2, 6-2
Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-2, 6-3
Juan Monaco (ARG) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT x13) 6-7 (6-8), 7-5, 6-2
Roger Federer (SUI x3) bt Robin Soderling (SWE x5) 6-1, 6-1
Fourth-seeded Murray looks to be returning to form after a recent illness, taking command early in the first set and was hardly troubled in the second as he advanced to last four in just 54 minutes.
"He struggled a little bit on his serve and wasn't serving as big as usual, so I managed to get into a lot of the return games," said Murray.
"I served well and didn't give him any chances on my serve. I was hitting the ball really cleanly from the back of the court, so it was a good start," he added.
The error-prone Tsonga was no match for the 23-year-old world number four, whose stinging backhand returns forced the 12th seed into submission.
Murray will meet Juan Monaco in the last four after the Argentine battled to a 6-7 7-5 6-2 win over Austria's Juergen Melzer, the 13th seed who knocked out world number one Rafa Nadal on Thursaday.
World number two Djokovic also eased into the semis by trouncing unseeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2 6-3.
The Serb broke the Spaniard's serve to take the first set with ease but had to work a little harder in the second to complete the victory.
Roger Federer takes on Robin Soderling for the last semi-final spot.
Results:
Andy Murray (GBR x4) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x12) 6-2, 6-2
Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-2, 6-3
Juan Monaco (ARG) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT x13) 6-7 (6-8), 7-5, 6-2
Roger Federer (SUI x3) bt Robin Soderling (SWE x5) 6-1, 6-1
