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Murray beats Goffin to reach Rome semis

Britain's Andy Murray reached the semi-finals of the Italian Open with a 6-1 7-5 win over Belgium's David Goffin.

The world number three lost his first service game to love but then won six games in a row to take the first set.

Goffin, who beat Tomas Berdych 6-0 6-0 on Thursday, broke Murray twice in the second set, but the Scot battled back to win on a windy day in Rome.

Murray, 28, will face Lucas Pouille in the last four after the Frenchman's opponent Juan Monaco withdrew.

Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal and world number one Novak Djokovic play each other later in another quarter-final tie.