Murray Wins Shenzhen Open to Snap Title Drought

September 29, 2014 | By New York Tennis Magazine Staff
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Great Britain’s Andy Murray captured the Shenzhen Open title on Sunday, coming back from a set down to defeat Spain’s Tommy Robredo, 5-7, 7-6(9), 6-1.

Murray was in real danger of losing the match as he dropped the opening set and was behind in the second. The Scot was forced to save five match points, eventually winning the second frame tiebreaker and cruising through the third to win his first title since last year’s Wimbledon.

“Today was obviously an incredibly tough match, the conditions are so hard to play in,” said Murray. “I got lucky, basically, at the end of the second set. I fought hard, tried my best and thankfully managed to turn it around. Tommy had a great tournament; he probably deserved to win the match today. He had the opportunities in the second set but sometimes that happens in sport. I just tried to fight till the end.”

The title bumps Murray from 11th to 10th in the ATP World Tour Race to London standings, two spots out of qualifying. He is now 105 points behind eighth-placed Tomas Berdych.

He will look to add more points to his total as he participates in this week’s China Open in Beijing. The 27-year old draws a first-round matchup with Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz. Robredo is also in the draw in Beijing and will take on Andreas Seppi of Italy in the opener.

 


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