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Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic can set up another exciting match in the Rome Masters final if they come through Saturdays semis, live on Sky Sports 3 HD.British No 1 Murray, who lost to Djokovic in last weeks Madrid Open final, could face his rival in a second successive final on clay if he defeats Frenchman Lucas Pouille in the semis.Djokovic came through a hard-fought 7-5 7-6 quarter-final win over Rafael Nadal, another familiar foe, on Friday and will next face sixth seed Kei Nishikori in the last four. Murray maintained his comfortable progress with a 6-1 7-5 win over David Goffin and the Scot is yet to drop a set since the start of the tournament in the Italian capital. Highlights of Andy Murrays quarter-final clash with David Goffin at the Rome Masters Another extended run in a clay event has seen Murray return to a ranking of world No 2 ahead of his first-ever competitive singles match against Pouille.The Frenchman received a walkover win after Juan Monaco pulled out through injury, but he previously dumped out David Ferrer with a straight-sets win.Murray starts the match as hot favourite as he bids to secure another showdown with world No 1 Djokovic in Sundays final. Novak Djokovic won the first set in fine style after an excellent rally against rival Rafa Nadal during their Rome Masters quarter-final clash The Serb was pushed all the way in Fridays match with Nadal, who wasted a break advantage in the first set, then missed five set-point chances in the second.But Djokovic again showed his composure in the closing stages of the match when he broke back to force a thrilling tie-break and closed out victory. Novak Djokovic has mastered Kei Nishikori in recent matches Nishikori dismissed Dominic Thiem 6-3 7-5 in his quarter-final and could well need his extra energy if he wants to end a seven-match losing run against the defending champion.Djokovic has already defeated the Japanese player three times this year, winning a quarter-final at the Australian Open, the Miami Open final, and last weeks semi-final in Madrid.Watch Andy Murray v Lucas Pouille from 1.30pm on Saturday and Novak Djokovic v Kei Nishikori at 7.30pm, with both matches being shown on Sky Sports 3 HD.Also See:Djokovic beats Nadal in RomeMurray into Rome semisTennis Australia back KyrgiosTomic opts out of Rio Olympicsπαπουτσια Adidas Superstar . Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series. Adidas Falcon ελλαδα . LOUIS -- Mike Smith is used to facing plenty of shots, so this was nothing new. http://www.nmdgreece.com/adidas-falcon-greece.html . Two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the April 15 race in an area packed with fans cheering the passing runners. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured, including at least 16 who lost limbs. Adidas Human Race ελλαδα .C. -- After a listless first half, the Washington Wizards used a big third quarter run to beat the Charlotte Bobcats Bradley Beal scored 21 points and the Wizards used a 17-0 run in the third quarter to take control of what had been a close game and beat the Bobcats 97-83 on Tuesday night. Adidas NMD R2 Ελλαδα . Just not the game. Kyle Palmieri scored two straight goals in the third period to rally the Anaheim Ducks past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night.Troubling as the details of the McLaren Report were, a news item out of Russia earlier this week was equally so. The new chair of the countrys revamped anti-doping agency will be Yelena Isinbayeva, the pole vault great who has spent the past year thumbing her nose at all the evidence and at those whove dared to mete out punishment for the malfeasance.Isinbayevas appointment to the RUSADA board, made a mere two days before Part 2 of the McLaren report arrived, was all you needed to conclude that either Russia does not fully grasp the depths of depravity that Richard McLaren painstakingly detailed in his 144-page report or, maybe worse, that it just doesnt care.The details in McLarens report, released Friday, are as predictable as they are terrible. The 1,000 athletes and who-knows-how-many government and quasi-government officials involved in Russias doping scandal are symbols not of a system that failed to catch its cheats, but of one that was undercut by the very people wed presume were hired to protect it.Isinbayeva herself was never implicated in the doping scandal, and when all but one member of the Russian track team was barred from the Rio Olympics, she paid a heavy price. The two-time gold medalist and world-record holder stayed back because tracks international federation had the courage to declare that anyone involved in the Russian sports machine simply could not compete, given the evidence that had been unearthed to that point.Isinbayeva called the suspension a blatant political order, claiming, as many in her government did, that Russia was being unfairly targeted as part of an East vs. West power play. She called it a violation of human rights, and vowed to prove to the IAAF and World Anti-Doping Agency that they made the wrong decision. After Fridays report came out, she said of course its in my interests not to allow the situation which I ended up in, so that our athletes from our country are treated the same as everyone else.Though she was applauded -- and is now being rewarded -- in her own country and elsewhere for taking this stance, her words are not those of someone who either grasps the seriousness of the problem, or is devoted to bringing meaningful change.Is anyone in Russia devoted to that? Hours after the report went public, Russian deputy prime minister Vitaly Mutko, implicated in the repport as an architect of the doping program, said the country would move into the legal arena, and that it was simply not realistic .dddddddddddd.. to do what they are accusing us of.Indeed, were it not for the excruciating detail McLaren took to conduct his research, it would be hard to believe intelligence agents could open sealed doping bottles and replace tainted urine with clean to beat the drug-testing system at the Sochi Games. McLaren found Russians who won 15 medals in Sochi had their samples tampered with. He said Russias doping program also corrupted the 2012 London Olympics on an unprecedented scale.Those were Isinbayevas last games.Since being barred from Rio, she has retired from the sport, won a spot on the IOC and, now, become the chair of RUSADA.WADA protested, saying it was supposed to have been consulted about important moves, such as the naming of RUSADAs new board.For WADA to hope that anyone -- say, the IOC -- will have its back on this is only that: hoping.The IOC is the same body that rejected WADAs call to ban the entire Russian team from the Rio Games. It argued that it had to walk a careful line between anti-doping and politics, and that it needed to carefully weigh the consequences of collective responsibility versus individual justice, while basically ignoring the individual justice owed to the dozens of athletes who have been and might still be beaten by cheating Russians.How many of those Russians were in Rio de Janeiro?Time will tell. Though the track team was banned, Russia still sent 271 athletes to the Summer Games, and they combined for 55 medals.McLaren is forwarding the evidence from his report to the IOC and to the individual sports, and those bodies will decide what punishments to levy.Meanwhile, the Winter Olympics are only 14 months away, and already, questions about whether Russia should be eligible for those games are being asked.Heres one answer: Based on what we know from the McLaren Report, combined with Russias reaction and the IOCs history of handling these cases in something far weaker than zero-tolerance fashion, athletes who head to South Korea should presume they are not on a level playing field -- and then, simply hope for the best. ' ' '