London--Andy Murray successfully completed the first part of his hectic Queen's Club schedule as the world number three reached the final with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) victory over Serbia's Viktor Troicki.
Heavy rain on Saturday had forced the suspension of Murray's semi-final in the first set and left the Scot needing to do double duty on Sunday to win the Wimbledon warm-up event for a record-equalling fourth time.
The 28-year-old will be playing his fourth Queen's final -- and his first final on grass since his historic Wimbledon triumph in 2013 -- when he faces South Africa's Kevin Anderson in a match scheduled to start not before 1425BST.
It will be Murray's 50th tour-level final and his fifth of a season which has included titles in Madrid and Munich and runners-up finishes at the Australian Open and the Miami Masters.
Anderson will be well rested after blitzing his way into his first Queen's final with 34 aces in a 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3 win over French seventh seed Gilles Simon on Saturday, taking his tally for the tournament to 96.
But Murray isn't too concerned about his busy schedule as he has already won twice in a day this year, seeing off Lukas Rosol and Roberto Bautista Agut to clinch the Munich title last month.
"I'll see my physio, get stretched out, get some food and shower. I enjoy playing big servers. My return has always been the strongest part of my game," Murray said.
Murray has now won all seven of his meetings with Troicki, who was unable to exact revenge for some scathing criticism from the Scot over his refusal to take a drugs test in 2013.
Branded "unprofessional" by Murray and given an 18-month ban that was eventually reduced to a year, Troicki had managed to rebuild his career impressively, rising to 25th in the rankings and reaching the Stuttgart final last week.
AFP
