Olympics: Brilliant Murray sets up Federer final

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Andy Murray will play Roger Federer for the Olympic gold medal on Sunday after a brilliant 7-5 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic in Friday's men's singles semi-final.

The 25-year-old is now guaranteed at least a silver medal and will have the chance to make it gold in a repeat of last month's Wimbledon final.

Murray has never beaten Djokovic at a grand slam but the best-of-three-set format and the surface played slightly into the hands of the Scot.

The standard from both men was superb as they traded fast and flat groundstrokes, pulling each other all around the court, but it was Murray who had the final say in the first set.

Player and crowd celebrated together as he held on once more, and amazingly it was the same story two games later, Djokovic by now laughing in exasperation at his failure to break through.

The Serb had been so solid on his serve all set but suddenly he found himself at 0-30 and, when Murray stepped in on a return, he had three match points.

Murray even got out of his chair to leap exuberantly into the air as he savoured one of the best results and performances of his career.