Andy Murray extended his career-best winning streak to 21 on Friday with a convincing victory against unseeded Bernard Tomic in the Western & Southern Open quarter-finals. The top-seeded Scot prevailed 6-4, 6-4 to maintain an unbeaten 5-0 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against the Australian.

The two-time champion broke for 3-2 and saved a break point when serving out the opening set in 40 minutes. Both players were strong on serve throughout the second set with neither facing a break point until Tomic was broken to love for 5-4.

Murray closed it out on his first match point after one hour and 19 minutes to set up a semi-final showdown with No. 4 seed Milos Raonic.

“When the important moments came I felt like I served well when I was behind, and then as soon as I had my chance on my serve I capitalised on them,” Murray said. “That was the difference. I just played the bigger points better tonight.”

Murray was particularly impressive on serve, finishing with 10 aces and claiming 85 per cent of first-serve points.  He saved both break points faced.

The win gives the World No. 2 in the Emirates ATP Rankings a 31-1 record since losing the Mutua Madrid Open final to Novak Djokovic in May. It consigned Tomic to his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final defeat from three contested. 

Murray will carry the confidence of a 7-3 FedEx ATP Head2Head record into his semi-final clash with Raonic. “Yeah, tough match obviously,” Murray said of facing the Canadian. “We played some important matches this year in Australia in the semis and then the Wimbledon final, Queen’s final as well.

“It’s been tight, but just managed to play a little bit better in the important moments, which is – especially playing against a big server – very important. You don’t get loads of chances. Hopefully I will do that again tomorrow.”

Fifth seeds Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau scored an upset on Friday at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, edging third seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in their quarter-final match, 4-6, 6-2, 11-9.

Little separated the two teams all the way through to the Match Tie-break. Rojer/Tecau couldn’t convert on their first match point at 9/8, but made good on their second chance to take the win.

Tecau previously claimed the Cincinnati title in 2012 (w/ Robert Lindstedt). He and Rojer won their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title as a team this May at the Mutua Madrid Open. Next up for them is the winner of the match between second seeds Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan and Treat Huey/Max Mirnyi.

Sixth seeds Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil recorded the biggest upset of the day by defeating top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, 4-6, 6-4, 10-6. The Canadians raced to a 7/2 lead in the Match Tie-break and closed out the contest on their first match point.

Nestor is making an astounding 22^nd consecutive appearance in Cincinnati. He has won this tournament five times, most recently last year with Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Pospisil finished as runner-up in 2014 (w/ Jack Sock).

In second-round action on Friday, the Bryan Brothers didn’t drop serve in defeating the French duo of Lucas Pouille and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-2, 7-5. The Americans have won five Western & Southern Open doubles titles together, most recently in 2014. Their second match of the day against Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi will take place later today.

Fourth seed Milos Raonic continued his run of form on Friday at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, not facing a break point in an impressive quarter-final win over eighth seed Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-4.

Raonic needed just a single break of serve in each set, breaking Thiem at 3-2 in the opening set and 3-3 in the second set. He remained flawless on his own serve, dropping just eight service points throughout the match.

The Canadian is making his sixth consecutive appearance in Cincinnati and has matched his previous career-best result here from 2014. Raonic is looking for his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. He has reached three finals at this level, most recently in March at the BNP Paribas Open (l. Djokovic).

Next up for Raonic is the winner of the match between top seed Andy Murray and Bernard Tomic. Raonic leads his FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry with Tomic 4-0, including three wins this year. Murray leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head 7-3 and has won their past six matches. Four of those victories have come in 2016, including their most recent battle in the Wimbledon final.