Andy Murray is delighted with his current all-round performance as he prepares to take on Rafael Nadal in the Madrid Open final this evening.

The world number three looked comfortable throughout his last-four meeting against Kei Nishikori on Saturday night, securing a 6-3 6-4 victory to remain on course to win back-to-back clay-court titles.

Having prevailed at the Munich Open earlier this month, Murray now has his eyes set on another title.

"I returned well and put him under a lot of pressure on his serve, and my backhand was really good tonight," BBC Sport quotes the 27-year-old as saying.

"I did a few things well. Kei has a fantastic backhand and I won the exchanges on cross-court. I got a lot of winners down the line and because I was pushing him back to the baseline, I was able to use my to drop shot.

"I was getting a lot of kick on second serve, too, so I got a lot of free points with that."

Nadal beat Tomas Berdych in straight sets to secure his place in today's final, which is due to get underway at 6pm.