Andy Murray happy with game heading into Madrid Open final

By Daniel Lewis, Senior Reporter | 10 May 2015

World number three Andy Murray is hoping to replicate his performance against Kei Nishikori when he takes on Rafael Nadal in the Madrid Open final.

Andy Murray is delighted with his current all-round performance as he prepares to take on Rafael Nadal in the Madrid Open final this evening.

The world number three looked comfortable throughout his last-four meeting against Kei Nishikori on Saturday night, securing a 6-3 6-4 victory to remain on course to win back-to-back clay-court titles.

Having prevailed at the Munich Open earlier this month, Murray now has his eyes set on another title.

"I returned well and put him under a lot of pressure on his serve, and my backhand was really good tonight," BBC Sport quotes the 27-year-old as saying.

"I did a few things well. Kei has a fantastic backhand and I won the exchanges on cross-court. I got a lot of winners down the line and because I was pushing him back to the baseline, I was able to use my to drop shot.

"I was getting a lot of kick on second serve, too, so I got a lot of free points with that."

Nadal beat Tomas Berdych in straight sets to secure his place in today's final, which is due to get underway at 6pm.