Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of the first of the men's semi finals at the 2017 French Open. World number one Andy Murray meets No.3 seed Stan Wawrinka in a repeat of last year's last four showdown. Can the Brit reach a second successive Roland Garros final or will 2015 winner, Stan the Man once again show his appetite for the big occasion? It's a mouthwatering prospect with the players due on Philippe-Chatrier court at 11.45 BST.

A. Murray vs S. Wawrinka | Roland-Garros

Men's Singles | Semi-final | 09.06.2017 | Paris

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ByTom Adams

Updated 09/06/2017 at 15:40 GMT

MURRAY 2-2 WAWRINKA. Murray makes life difficult for himself when he fails to put away an overhead at 40-15 and allows Stan to whip a devastating crosscourt pass beyond him. The Swiss then flashes a thunderous return winner to make deuce before Murray gets it done with a pair of clever serves.

A real shame.

This is already developing into a real battle.

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MURRAY 1-2 WAWRINKA. There's no doubt Wawrinka has the bigger weapons off either flank, but Murray's defence is right up there with the very best. The Scot works his way to a break point with a smart drop shot to bamboozle the Swiss, but Wawrinka rampages back and gets the job done from deuce courtesy of some impressive power.

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MURRAY 1-1 WAWRINKA. Murray moves level but it's the Swiss going for the winners. At 0-15 he bullets a return inches wide of the line and fires too long on a couple of occasions before Murray wrong-foots him to get on the board to 15.

MURRAY 0-1 WAWRINKA. A very confident start from Stan. He rattles down a huge serve to begin with and unleashes a couple of ferocious winners before Murray dumps a shot into the net to give the Swiss a love hold.

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Wawrinka will serve first...

12.00

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The players are now out on Chatrier and will commence with their warm up. Who is going to come out on top? Does the head say Wawrinka, but the heart wants Murray? Tweet me any views or predictions throughout the contest to @paul_hassall and I'll try to include the best in this live blog.

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GRAND SLAM GLORY: both players have lifted three Grand Slam titles. Stanimal has won one in each of the last three seasons, with Wimbledon the only one missing from his CV. Murray has triumphed at the US Open and Wimbledon (twice) and has appeared in far more finals - but he's also had to settle for the runner up spot on eight occasions.

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STATS IN FAVOUR OF WAWRINKA: Stan the Man has played three less sets than Murray but has hit as many forehand winners. He has also notched 30 aces - six more than the Scot. Wawrinka has yet to drop a set at the event while Murray has lost three - but the World No.1 insists he's up for the fight.

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Murray arrived in Paris well short of the form expected of a World No.1. Over the course of the past week and a half he has played his way into better shape and is determined to give a red-hot Stanimal a run for his money. "I came in playing garbage. I'm the odd one out in the semis, but hopefully I can keep it up," said the Scot in typically self effacing style.

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HEAD-TO-HEAD: This is the 18th meeting with Murray leading the match-up 10-7. The Scot won both of last year's encounters, with a four-set success at this stage of this tournament in 2016. He also saw off the Swiss in straight sets when they locked horns in the round robin of the World Tour finals. Prior to that, Wawrinka had won three on the spin.

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