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Andy Murray meets Milos Raonic on Saturday in the ATP World Tour semi-finals with both men chasing a first ever place in the tournament final. Murray produced his best performance of the week to beat Stan Wawrinka 6-4 6-2 and book his place in the last four of the season-end event for the first time since 2012. Andy Murray is at the SkyPad to look back at his straight set victory over Stan Wawrinka. The Scot has never reached the final of the tournament but having set new benchmarks throughout the season of his career he remains on course to do so again at The O2 this week. With rival for the No 1 spot Novak Djokovic also comfortably through to the last four, the battle to end the year as the worlds top ranked player looks like going to the wire but first Murray must overcome the semi-final barrier that has halted him in 2008, 2010 and 2012. World No 1 permutations How the battle to end the year as number one shapes up Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals November 19, 2016, 12:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Standing in his way will be the familiar face of Raonic, the Canadian beat Dominic Thiem in straight sets on Thursday night to reach the knock-out stage having gone out in the group stages of his only previous appearance in the tournament.The pair will follow the first doubles semi-final and will not be on court before 2pm and you can follow the action on Sky Sports 3 from 12pm. Andy Murray booked a semi-final date against Milos Raonic after comfortably beating Stan Wawrinka in straight-sets. Raonic can only get better Leif Shiras on the Canadians climb up the rankings This will be the seventh time the pair have met this season, Murray winning six with Raonic withdrawing from their last contest, the Paris Masters semi-final that resulted in Murrays confirmation as world No 1.It is Murray who leads the head to head (8-3) and he will take great heart from the notable wins this season that included coming from two sets to one down to beat the Canadian in the Australian Open semi-final. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price He also came from a set down to claim his sixth Queens Club title and most memorably he recorded a straight sets triumph to win a second Wimbledon crown on a memorable Sunday afternoon at the All England Club. Andy Murray sights are set on the title and the world number one ranking World Tour Finals - Story So Far Andy Murray Milos Raonic beat Marin Cilic 6-3 6-2 beat Gael Monfils 6-3 6-4 beat Kei Nishikori 6-7 6-4 6-4 lost Novak Djokovic 6-7 6-7 beat Stan Wawrinka 6-4 6-2 beat Dominic Thiem 7-6 6-3 Raonics last victory over Murray came back in 2014 when he won in three sets at Indian Wells, while they have met once at The O2 where Murray won 6-3 7-5 in the same year.Murray topped the John McEnroe Group with three wins from his three matches while Raonics only defeat came against Novak Djokovic and while Murray is looking to hold on to his No 1 ranking, Raonic is out to claim the No 3 spot from the eliminated Wawrinka.However Murray is in the form of his life, he heads into the match on the back of 22 successive victories and four titles in the last six weeks, while he has as a season-high eight titles in total including a second Olympic gold medal and second Wimbledon. Highlights of Milos Raonic v Dominic Thiem in their final round robin match of the World Tour Finals. Kicking off the last four action on Saturday will be the first doubles semi-final, where Henri Kontinen and John Peers meet Bob and Mike Bryan.Kontinen and Peers won all three matches in the round robin stage and along with Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares have displayed the best form this week but they will be tested by the Bryan brothers who are determined to add a fifth season-end title to their spectacular CV.Follow all the action from the O2 on Saturday when the action begins on Sky Sports 3 from 12pm and 4pm or via our live blog here at www.skysports.com/tennis.Upgrade to Sky Sports now to watch Man Utd v Arsenal this Saturday and get the first six months half price! Also See: Murray eases past Wawrinka World No 1 permutations Raonic can only get better Jerry Rice Youth Jersey . 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In the quarterfinals, Williams will meet the winner of Thursdays match between fifth-seeded Ana Ivanovic and U.S. qualifier Carol Zhao. Williams casually deflected questions about her health, preferring to bring the conversation into the present. "Im still taking it a match at a time," she said. "It worked out. I was feeling fine. I made some silly errors early because I was not on my toes enough." Pliskova managed to hold her serve most of the first set but did not have an answer once Williams found her own serve. "I knew shes a player that is tough to break so it was important to me to be super focused on my serve," Williams said. "She served well and I tried to hang in there and get some break points.&quuot; She finally managed to reach break point in the 12th game and took control from there.dddddddddddd She was successful on all three break points she had. Williams took some time off after Wimbledon and vacationed in Croatia before returning to the U.S. for the hardcourt season. She said she has been working hard in preparation for a run at the U.S. Open. Earlier, Varvara Lepchenko beat second-seeded Angieszka Radwanska 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. Lepchenko beat the fifth-ranked Radwanska for the first time in six meetings, edging a top-10 player for only the third time in 24 matches. Radwanska, the runner-up last year, became the highest seeded player to fall in the tournament. The match was good," Radwanska said. "I wasnt serving enough." Lepchenko will face Sachia Vickery, the American qualifier who beat Monica Puig 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1 to reach her first career WTA Tour quarterfinal. Vickery also won two straight in the main draw for the first time. Her only previous victory came at last years U.S. Open in her WTA main draw debut. Also, eighth-seeded Andrea Petkovic beat teenage qualifier Naomi Osaka, 6-2, 6-2. Petkovic will next meet the winner of Thursday nights match between Venus Williams and Victoria Azarenka. "It was so weird," Petkovic said. "Shes 16 and obviously very talented. If I played solid I knew I had a good shot." ' ' '