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Summary Murray will play sixth-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada in the semifinals on Saturday.
Defending champion and top-seeded Andy Murray moved into the semifinals of the Japan Open with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win over seventh-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland on Friday.Playing in his first tournament since winning the U.S. Open last month, Murray scored a comprehensive victory over the Swiss with a powerful forehand and some fine volleys.Murray will play sixth-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada in the semifinals on Saturday. Raonic outlasted third-seeded Janko Tipsarevic 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (7) in a match that took nearly 2 hours, 45 minutes.Second-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic will take on local favorite Kei Nishikori, the eighth seed, later Friday in another quarterfinal, while Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus will meet qualifier Dmitry Tursunov of Russia in the other.
