Andy Murray beats Roger Federer in Shanghai Masters semi-final

Top seed, Roger Federer of Switzerland, moved a step closer to his record 22nd ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title by defeating the 10th seed from Croatia, Marin Cilic, in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Rolex Masters. The Swiss Maestro, who needed an hour and 21 minutes to claim victory, is currently tied with Rafael Nadal on 21 Masters Series crowns. With this 871st tour level match victory, Federer also moved to the fourth position in the list of players with most overall match wins in the open era. Talking about the latest match, Federer played attackingly throughout. The Swiss Maestro struck in the opening game and held his next serve to attain a 2-0 lead. Cilic fought back to claim a couple of games in a row, levelling the proceedings at 2-2. The Croatian’s effort became fruitless, as Federer grabbed four of the five games after that to clinch the first set 6-3.Andy Murray heaped the misery on Roger Federer on Saturday, taking advantage of an astonishing service meltdown by the Swiss great to set up a mouthwatering final against Novak Djokovic. The US Open champion, who has never been beaten at the Chinese tournament, won 6-4, 6-4, repeating his victory in the Olympic final that came after the searing pain of defeat to Federer just weeks earlier at Wimbledon. The pair swapped breaks at the start of the match but the first set hinged on an incredible fifth game when 17-time Grand Slam champion Federer was broken to love after the normally ice-cool Swiss double-faulted three times in a row.Andy Murray produced a dominant performance over Roger Federer to power into a Shanghai Masters final against Novak Djokovic following a comfortable 6-4 6-4 victory. Federer simply had no answer to Murray's power and variety and it was a relatively simple task for the Olympic champion to set up a US Open final re-match with old foe Djokovic on Sunday.