Andy Murray cruised past James Blake 6-2, 6-2 yesterday to set up a semi-final meeting with Roger Federer at the inaugural Capitala World Tennis Championship.

In the other first-round match, Nikolay Davydenko ousted Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-4 and will face Rafael Nadal in today's semis.

Nadal and Federer both received first-round byes in the exhibition event, which is not part of the ATP Tour but features six of the world's top 10 players and offers a winner-take-all prize of $250,000.