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Andy Murray breaks Tim Henman's British record with Feliciano Lopez win

Andy Murray celebrates a point against Feliciano Lopez at Indian Wells
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Andy Murray will face Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells after continuing his incredible run against Feliciano Lopez.

Murray made it 10 wins in 10 games against the southpaw Spaniard, with his 6-3 6-4 victory enough to see him pass Tim Henman for the most wins by a British player in the open era – it was the 497th win of his career.

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He will face the top seed in Saturday’s semi-finals after Djokovic was handed a walkover when Bernard Tomic withdrew before their last-eight tie with a back injury – he has also been troubled by pain from his wisdom teeth.

Although Lopez showed glimpses of his best, it was Murray who spent most of the match on the front foot and produced a number of shots that brought oohs and aahs from the packed crowd in California.

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Andy Murray breezed into the semi-finals at Indian Wells

He was rarely troubled on his own serve and didn’t look back after breaking Lopez early on to take a 3-1 lead.

The rest of the opening set went with serve, but Murray took a quick grip on the second when he broke Lopez in the first game with a series of big shots and returns.

The 12th seed had a chance in the fourth game – three to be precise – but a combination of Murray winners and a Lopez mistake allowed Murray to hold his serve.

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Murray pulls off this sizzling forehand to set up match point against Lopez

Lopez nearly dropped his serve, more in disgust than anything, in his next game but a second break did come in the seventh game, sealed from deuce with a scything return and a sublime baseline lob from the British No 1.

But Murray was forced to stay on court a little longer to make his way into the last-four as Lopez made sure of a first break with his fourth break point of the match to close the deficit to 5-3.

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Murray wasted a match point on the Lopez serve in the next game but he made no mistake on his own serve by taking the 10th game to love to set up another mouthwatering clash with the world No 1.

Of that clash, Murray said: "Against him you're going to have to a play high-quality match, you can't have any part of your game not working against him.

"He'll obviously be fresh with a couple of days' rest so it'll be a tough test but it's one I'm looking forward to."

He'll obviously be fresh with a couple of days' rest so it'll be a tough test but it's one I'm looking forward to.
Murray on Djokovic test

Murray's perfect 10 against Lopez fits in with his good overall record against left-handed players - a fact he puts down to his elder brother Jamie.

"My brother's a lefty so when I was a kid it's all I practiced against up to the age of 12," he added. "I see the spin almost more naturally than against right-handers.

"I passed very well today and that stopped him feeling comfortable up to the net, it meant he spent a bit more time at the back and I was able to dictate the match."

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