Murray books final spot

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The 20-year-old Scot overpowered world number four Nikolay Davydenko 6-4 6-3 to repeat his straight-sets win over the top-seeded Russian in last year's semi-finals.

His opponent in Saturday's final will be Stanislas Wawrinka, the 22-year-old Swiss number two who was a surprise 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 winner over defending champion Ivan Ljubicic, of Croatia, in the first semi-final.

Murray, who had looked imperious at times this week, made an uncharacteristically nervous start, dropping his serve in the opening game, and allowed his opponent to dominate the early exchanges.

But Davydenko's serving let him down in the sixth game and a double fault got the set back on level terms.

Murray consolidated the break with a first love service game to edge ahead for the first time and broke the tournament favourite a second time to wrap up the first set after 44 minutes.

The Scot then strengthened his grip on the match, forcing Davydenko into a series of errors in an increasingly predictable second set.

The confidence visibly ebbed from the Russian as Murray powered on and he was broken again in the fourth game. The British number one squandered three match points in the eighth game but he duly served out for the victory in an hour and 23 minutes.

Friday's win guarantees Murray £15,000 but the Scot will be a firm favourite to go one better than last year by landing the £86,000 top prize, even though he has lost both previous contests with world number 36 Wawrinka.

The Swiss beat him in the Davis Cup in Geneva in 2005 and, after gaining an upset win over Ljubicic today to reach his fifth ATP final, he will be aiming to collect his second title.