Andy Murray will take on Rafael Nadal in the final of the Mutua Madrid Open on Sunday after maintaining his recent magnificent form on clay against Kei Nishikori.
The second seed claimed a 6-3, 6-4 win in an hour and 37 minutes as he looks to follow up on his first clay title at the BMW Open in Munich last week.
But to do that he will have to get past home favourite and clay master Nadal, who beat Tomas Berdych 7-6 (7/3) 6-1 in their semi-final.
The first two games went with serve and while Murray earned a break point at 30-40 in the third, Nishikori was able to see off the danger.