PARIS — Andy Murray remained on course for a maiden Paris Masters title after the Briton saw off local favorite Richard Gasquet on Friday to reach the semi-finals with a 7-6(7) 3-6 6-3 victory.
The world number three allowed the French 10th seed to come back into the contest when he was let down by his first serve in the second set, but regained his momentum to book a meeting with either David Ferrer or John Isner.
World number one Novak Djokovic plays Tomas Berdych and 14-times grand slam champion Rafa Nadal faces Stan Wawrinka later on Friday (from 1830GMT).