Britain’s Andy Murray reached his fourth consecutive French open tennis semi-final with a four-set win over Kei nishikori in Paris.

The world number one came through 2-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-1 against the Japanese eighth seed.

The 30-year-old goes on to face Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka, who beat Marin Cilic 6-3 6-3, 6-1.

It will be a repeat of last year’s semi-final, which Murray won in four sets before going on to lose in the final.

Earlier defending  champion  Novak Djokovic  was  sent  crashing from the tournament  after he was  beaten  in  straight  sets  by  Dominic  Thiem………..the  6th seed Thiem won the contest   7-6, 6-3, 6-love.

On the women’s side Karolina Pliskova booked a maiden French open semi-final with a 7-6, 6-4 victory over home hope Caroline Garcia.