Murray Charges Past Ferrer to Reach Paris Final

PARIS — World number three Andy Murray reached his maiden Paris Masters final when he overpowered Spanish eighth seed David Ferrer 6-4 6-3 despite a few off lapses on Saturday.

The British second seed lost his focus at times but eventually had too much for the 2012 Bercy champion as he set up a showdown with either world number one Novak Djokovic or French Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka.

"I managed to shorten a lot of the points. There was some variety in there with the way the points finished, which was pleasing for me," Murray told a news conference.

"I dictated a lot of the points and I finished a lot of points up at the net and was able to shorten enough points to not make it too tiring."

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