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Andy is starting to gain traction. his game and his fitness is coming together.

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ERSTE BANK OPEN 2014 

Murray Wins Vienna Thriller Over Ferrer; Boosts Hopes Of London Qualification

Vienna, Austria

by ATP Staff
  | 13.10.1814
 

Andy Murray became the fifth active player to lift 30 trophies on Sunday at the Erste Bank Open as he continued his bid to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for a seventh straight year.

Second seed Murray recovered to beat top seed David Ferrer, who is just one place lower than the Scot (No. in the Emirates ATP Race To London, to capture the Vienna title. Murray is now 110 points ahead of No. 9-placed Ferrer in the battle for a berth at next month’s season finale.

The 27-year-old Murray is the third Briton to clinch the Vienna crown after Greg Rusedski (d. Kiefer) and Tim Henman (d. Haas) won back-to-back in 1999 and 2000. He received €94,500 in prize money and 250 Emirates ATP Rankings points.

Ferrer, who had beaten Murray in last week’s Shanghai Rolex Masters third round, secured the first service break for a 4-2 lead, but Murray immediately bounced back. Two loose forehands cost Murray, when he served at 5-6.

Murray saved all six break points he faced in the second set, which included breaks of the Ferrer serve in the third and seventh games. Murray won five straight games en route to a 2-0 lead in the decider, before Ferrer mounted a comeback.

Ferrer regrouped and took a 4-2 lead, only to be broken to 15 in the seventh game. The Spaniard served for the championship at 5-3, but was broken to 15 when he hit his seventh double fault of the pair’s 14th meeting. Murray held to love for 5-5.