Second Andy Murray breezed to a 6-3 6-0 semi-final victory over Kei Nishikori late Saturday to set up a final with Novak Djokovic at the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Top seed Djokovic defeated unseeded Jeremy Chardy, of France, 6-4 6-4 in the earlier semi-final.

A three-time champion on the Canadian hardcourts, Djokovic has a 19-8 career record against Murray and has won their last eight meetings since the Scot beat Djokovic in the 2013 Wimbledon final. Murray has claimed two Canadian titles.

Djokovic, who received treatment on a sore right elbow several times during changeovers, showed no signs of distress on the court as he dismissed Chardy in a tidy one hour, 20 minutes to run his record to 10-0 against the Frenchman.

“I didn’t allow Jeremy to find his forehand too much; one break per set was enough to win the match, could have done some things better but a win is a win,” said Djo-kovic, who did not face a break point the entire match.

In the other semi-final, Nishikori appeared to be fatigued in the second set as Murray won 12 of the final 13 points.

“I think I’m more tired,” the Japanese fourth seed said.

“Everything was sore these couple of days. Today it got a little bit worst so I couldn’t really move 100 per cent.

“Especially after the first set, I was feeling it more and more.”

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