Murray Through, Nadal Fall !

Andy Murray to book place in semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters with a win 6-3 6-3 by Gilles Simon, France.

The Scot overcame a stuttering start and the stifling heat to earn a clash with Mardy Fish, who hit the second Rafael Nadal in the semis.

Murray broke in the first game, but 10 Seed was soon in terms of level and it was not until the fifth game, Murray's influence again.

Then saved two break points before moving on to a 4-2 lead most of the games for the first time Deuce.

Authority

But the world number four has gradually asserted his authority on the game and set up three break points in the ninth game, sealing the second set of them.

Murray serve is his main weapon, and has rarely been tested in the second set, breaking a 3-1 advantage before decisive help to strengthen the love in the other.

The fight of the game Simon was gone, and if he was out twice to serve Murray, victory was secured to the Scots, and it came courtesy of a sudden drop cloth.

"Many players have been there for him off the field, but it's different when you get there," he told Sky Sports. "No matter how you watch TV, it moves a lot, especially on the backhand side.

"We have to wait for the right moment so that when I was able to control the point of my right to play better, but he is a very difficult guy to play against.

"I feel good, I feel a lot better than last week, which is important, and every day I need to feel a little 'better - is the key to enter the U.S. Open."

Flying fish

The next will be the fish shaped American - runner-up Novak Djokovic in Montreal last week - beating Nadal for the first time in seven games.

The seventh seed produced 12 aces as she helped the Spaniard 6-4 6-3 victory, which was the treatment of a foot injury and looks tired after the long struggle of a man, Fernando Verdasco in the previous day.

Roger Federer fell during the quarter-finals, going down 6-3 7-6 (7-3) Tomas Berdych. The eighth seed next faces either the number one in the world Novak Djokovic and sixth-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils.

Federer, a four-time undefeated champion in the tournament since 2008, fell in a match that lasted just over 90 minutes.

Do not have a chance to collect the breaking point against the man who defeated the Swiss out of the semifinals at Wimbledon last year.