World No. 3 Andy Murray is through to his seventh tour-level final of the season after another dominant display in Paris saw him defeat 2012 champion David Ferrer 6-4, 6-3 in the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Masters.

The Scot has dropped just one set at the ninth and final ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament of the year, with commanding victories over Borna Coric, David Goffin and the in-form Richard Gasquet also behind him this week. In Sunday’s final he will face Novak Djokovic.

“I feel like this year I have pushed him close and beaten him once,” said Murray. “But I also had, I think, two of the matches in Indian Wells and the last one in Shanghai, from my side weren’t good. But apart from those ones, I have been close. So it’s up to me to learn from the ones like the ones in Shanghai to make sure they aren’t as lopsided as that.” 

Should Murray win the title this week in Paris-Bercy, the Dunblane native will be guaranteed the year-end No. 2 spot in the Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time in his career. Murray has won a career-high 68 matches on the ATP World Tour this season, second only to Djokovic’s tally of 76.

Murray improved to an 11-6 FedEx ATP Head2Head record over Ferrer as he reeled off the final five games of the contest to prevail in one hour and 36 minutes and reach the final in Paris for the first time.

“This is a tournament I’ve struggled at in the past,” said Murray. “It’s nice to come here, put a few good wins together, and I think a few very good performances, as well.”

Ferrer rallied from an early break deficit in the first set and almost turned the set around as he held four break points on Murray’s serve in the eighth game. But the Scot held from 0/40 and broke Ferrer to love in the following game before sealing the opener. From 1-3 down in the second set, Murray upped his level to race to the finish line.

“I do think I played some good tennis today,” said Murray. “I managed to shorten a lot of the points. There was some variety in there with the way the points finished, which was pleasing for me.” 

The 28-year-old Murray has a 4-2 record in finals this season and is looking to add to the trophies he won in Munich (d. Kohlschreiber), Madrid (d. Nadal), The Queen’s Club (d. Anderson) and Montreal (d. Djokovic). The right-hander is chasing his 12^th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown and third of the season.

Both Murray and Ferrer have qualified for the year-end Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be played at The O2 in London from 15-22 November. Ferrer has compiled a 55-13 mark this season and was looking to reach his ninth final.