Madrid: World No 1&nbsp; Novak Djokovic set-up a mouthwatering Madrid Masters final showdown against defending champion Andy Murray by seeing off Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) on Saturday.
<img title="Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after beating Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-3, 7-6 in the Madrid Masters semi-finals on Saturday. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/9Novak-Djokovic-1.jpg" alt="Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after beating Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-3, 7-6 in the Madrid Masters semi-finals on Saturday. Pic/AFP" /> Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after beating Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-3, 7-6 in the Madrid Masters semi-finals on Saturday. Pic/AFP
Murray, the second seed, earlier registered just his second ever win over Rafael Nadal on clay to make the final with a 7-5, 6-4 victory. Djokovic has yet to drop a set in the Spanish capital this week but he was nearly caught cold by the windy conditions as he had to battle back from 0-40 down in the first game with some fine serving. The Serb slowly began to find his rhythm and broke through in the eighth game as Nishikori pulled a forehand wide before serving out for the set. Kei saves three match points Djokovic looked set to seal victory comfortably as he led 40-0 at 5-4 in the second set, but the Japanese star dug deep, saving the three match points and then a fourth as he broke back before forcing the tiebreak.
<img title="Japan's Kei Nishikori " src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/9Kei-Nishikori-1.jpg" alt="Japan's Kei Nishikori " /> Japan's Kei Nishikori However, the top seed bounced back to take the breaker 7-4 and set up his first meeting with Murray in a Masters series final on clay. "I had an easy forehand to finish off the match at 40-0 then a double fault and couple of good points from Kei and the break was there," said Djokovic.

World No 1 Novak Djokovic set-up a mouthwatering Madrid Masters final showdown against defending champion Andy Murray by seeing off Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) on Saturday

Djoko downs Nishikori to set up Murray finale

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World No 1 Novak Djokovic set-up a mouthwatering Madrid Masters final showdown against defending champion Andy Murray by seeing off Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) on Saturday

Djoko downs Nishikori to set up Murray finale

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