Andy Murray of Britain returns a shot to Roger Federer of Switzerland during the men's singles semifinal match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Saturday Oct. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Andy Murray of Britain returns a shot to Roger Federer of Switzerland during the men's singles semifinal match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Saturday Oct. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Roger Federer of Switzerland returns a shot to Andy Murray of Britain during the men's singles semifinal match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Saturday Oct. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Novak Djokovic of Serbia stretches his neck in the men's singles semifinal match against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Saturday Oct. 13, 2012. Djokovic won 6-3, 6-4. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after winning the first set against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in the men's singles semifinal match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Saturday Oct. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Andy Murray of Britain, right, shakes hand with Roger Federer of Switzerland after winning the semifinal in the men's singles tennis match of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Saturday Oct. 13, 2012. Andy Murray won 6-4, 6-4. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
SHANGHAI (AP) ? Two-time defending champion Andy Murray beat Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 in the Shanghai Masters on Saturday, setting up a rematch of the U.S. Open final against Novak Djokovic.
Djokovic reached his 10th final of the season when he beat fourth-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-4 in the first semi.
Murray broke Federer in the fifth game of the first set. He had a chance for another break in the first game of the second, but the top-ranked Swiss star managed to hold serve before a brief rain delay interrupted the match.
Murray broke again to go up 3-2 in the second, and the U.S. Open champion had to endure one more rain delay before serving out the match.
The players left the court for about 30 minutes at 5-4, while organizers closed the eight-petal magnolia-shaped roof. When play resumed, Murray only needed five points to complete the victory.
Djokovic is looking for his fifth title of the year and second straight after winning in Beijing last week.
He smacked 25 winners against Berdych and converted all three of his break points to improve his head-to-head record against the Czech to 10-1.
It was Djokovic's tour-leading 69th victory of the year.
"Movement today was very important from my side, to be on a very high level so I can try to get into the longer rallies where I find more chances on my side to win the rallies," Djokovic said. "(I) played tactically right. I was putting a lot of returns into the court, making a lot of pressure on his serve."
Djokovic rushed out to a 5-1 lead in the first set. He broke Berdych in the third game of the second and closed out the match in 1 hour, 25 minutes.
"First of all I need to give credit to Novak, he started really like a champion," Berdych said. "He started really, really great, and didn't give me a chance at all."
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