Murray on course for second straight Djokovic final

[WorldNews]

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Britain's Andy Murray remained on course for a second successive Masters final with Serbia's number one Novak Djokovic after both came through the quarter-finals in Rome on Friday. Murray, who lost to Djokovic in the final at Madrid last week, had little trouble overcoming Belgian David Goffin 6-1, 7-5 while Djokovic battled past a determined Rafael Nadal to end the Spanish fifth seed's hopes of an eighth title in the Italian capital. Djokovic will meet Kei Nishikori after the Japanese sixth seed swept Austrian Dominic Thiem, who had knocked out Roger Federer, 6-3, 7-5.

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