Murray looked in red-hot form in hammering Nicolas Almagro 6-4 6-1 in yesterday's quarter-final, but he will need to step up again against Djokovic.
Should he beat the Serb he will advance to a likely gold medal showdown with Roger Federer - who must first topple Juan Martin Del Potro - and a repeat of this year's Wimbledon final.
Djokovic played some superb tennis on his way to beating world No 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1 7-5 yesterday however and will be extremely tough to beat.
The Serb said that he expects to be "the bad guy" in the eyes of the partisan crowd, and he also believes Murray to be driven by his loss to Federer a few weeks ago.
Djokovic said: "He has been playing well and he will have good support from the home crowd here. He came close to winning Wimbledon so he will be motivated to win."
In the women's singles Serena Williams faces world No 1 Victoria Azarenka and there is an all-Russian clash in the other half of the draw between Maria Sharapova and Maria Kirilenko.
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