Andy Murray is relishing his return to the Arthur Ashe Stadium for the US Open semi-final showdown with world number one Rafael Nadal.

British number one and sixth seed Murray demolished Stanislas Wawrinka and won a four-set thriller against Juan Martin Del Potro to reach the first grand slam semi-final of his career.

He now faces Spaniard Nadal, who knocked out American Mardy Fish to make the semis, but is confident he can have a large section of the crowd in his corner.

The Scot's committed and passionate approach during matches has made the 21-year-old a big hit with tennis fans in New York, who flocked to his early-round matches against Sergio Roitman, Michael Llodra and Jurgen Melzer on the lesser show courts, Louis Armstrong and Grandstand.

Murray said: "I think they enjoy my game style.

"You know, I think it's a bit different to how a lot of the guys play nowadays, and I think they just enjoy the way I play, and show emotion on the court, and that's what Americans like to see."

He added: "I love playing on that court. For me, the atmosphere there is awesome. I've had great support, and I played two really good matches. I look forward to playing hopefully more matches on there in the future."

Meanwhile, number three Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick put in a show-stopping performance in their quarter-final bout but only the fired up Serbian was left standing to take an encore - albeit from a hostile Flushing Meadows crowd.

The Serbian outgunned home favourite Roddick in a high-quality four-set shootout to set up a tantalising semi-final with four-times champion Roger Federer.

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