BRITISH tennis No.1 Andy Murray is finally feeling at home at the Masters Cup in Shanghai after securing a semi-final berth with a blistering win over Gilles Simon.
World No.4 Murray beat American Andy Roddick in his opening round-robin match in Shanghai on Monday, but by his own confession lacked his usual "snap" as he collapsed in the second set before sealing a deserved 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 win over the world No.6.
On his previous trip to China for Beijing's summer's Olympic Games, Murray suffered a straight-sets first-round defeat by Chinese Taipei's Lu Yen-hsun after again struggling with jet lag.
But the 21-year-old had no problems yesterday as he downed French world No.9 Simon 6-4, 6-2 in just over 90 minutes.
"It feels much better than it did after my first match," said Murray. "Coming over this way, it takes me a long time to get over the jet lag. I have struggled with it.
"When I came to the Olympics I struggled in my first match, my legs felt really, really heavy. Maybe I just need more time when I come over. But now I feel perfect.
"I felt like I could have gone three, four hours if I had to.
"That gave me a lot of confidence because I knew that I was not doing as much running as him. If I could keep that up, it was going to be tough for him."
Murray faces Roger Federer in tomorrow's final round-robin match with the two-time defending champion needing a win to join the Scot in the last four.
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