Just as in Indian Wells, the men's semifinals in Miami features three of the top-four players in the world. While in Indian Wells Andy Murray was the man to miss out, this time around Roger Federer sits out the festivities.
Murray kicks off the enthralling day of tennis at the SonyEricsson Open by taking on world No. 2, Rafael Nadal. Both players having come through challenging quarter-finals to take their place in the last four.
Murray came from a set down to beat ninth seed Janko Tipsarevic, while Nadal played out an exiting three-set contest with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Nadal has the clear edge in the previous meetings between the two, but Murray will take heart from a couple of memorable victories. The Scot came out on top on his way to his first grand-slam final at Flushing Meadows in 2008 and did the same in the semi-final of the 2010 Australian Open.
