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| Andy Murray’s ATP Tour Finals hopes boosted by win over David Ferrer | Andy Murray’s ATP Tour Finals hopes boosted by win over David Ferrer |
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| Andy Murray battled to a 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 victory over David Ferrer in the final of the Erste Open in Vienna to boost his chances of reaching the ATP Tour Finals. | Andy Murray battled to a 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 victory over David Ferrer in the final of the Erste Open in Vienna to boost his chances of reaching the ATP Tour Finals. |
| The British No1 climbed into the eighth and final qualifying place in the race to London by securing a crucial 250 points, with just two ranking events left before next month’s finals. | The British No1 climbed into the eighth and final qualifying place in the race to London by securing a crucial 250 points, with just two ranking events left before next month’s finals. |
| However, Rafael Nadal has cast doubt over his own participation in the end-of-season event due to long-standing appendicitis which requires surgery. | However, Rafael Nadal has cast doubt over his own participation in the end-of-season event due to long-standing appendicitis which requires surgery. |
| Ferrer, now ninth in the ATP list, had edged the first set before Murray rallied to level and force a decider. Both men felt the pressure with a run of five service breaks before the Scot closed out victory in two hours and 41 minutes. | Ferrer, now ninth in the ATP list, had edged the first set before Murray rallied to level and force a decider. Both men felt the pressure with a run of five service breaks before the Scot closed out victory in two hours and 41 minutes. |
| “It was an extremely difficult match,” Murray told British Eurosport. “He deserved to win the first set, I deserved the second and the third could have gone either way. It was extremely close at the end – I just managed to get through. | “It was an extremely difficult match,” Murray told British Eurosport. “He deserved to win the first set, I deserved the second and the third could have gone either way. It was extremely close at the end – I just managed to get through. |
| “We played two really close matches, David won last week in Shanghai, and whoever qualifies for the finals will deserve it. It is the best players over the 12 months so we will see in the next [few] weeks, but it is going to be very close.” | “We played two really close matches, David won last week in Shanghai, and whoever qualifies for the finals will deserve it. It is the best players over the 12 months so we will see in the next [few] weeks, but it is going to be very close.” |
| The opening games went with serve before a wide forehand from Murray allowed Ferrer the first break at 4-2. Murray then immediately broke back himself, clinching the second break opportunity, then held his next service game to level at 4-4. | The opening games went with serve before a wide forehand from Murray allowed Ferrer the first break at 4-2. Murray then immediately broke back himself, clinching the second break opportunity, then held his next service game to level at 4-4. |
| However, there was more frustration for Murray in the crucial 11th game, which he handed to Ferrer following another unforced error. Murray managed to save two set points, but was only delaying the inevitable as Ferrer closed out the first set 7-5 in just over an hour. | However, there was more frustration for Murray in the crucial 11th game, which he handed to Ferrer following another unforced error. Murray managed to save two set points, but was only delaying the inevitable as Ferrer closed out the first set 7-5 in just over an hour. |
| The Spaniard, however, failed to maintain that momentum and Murray took his chance after a long return from his opponent in the final set presented him with a first match point. | The Spaniard, however, failed to maintain that momentum and Murray took his chance after a long return from his opponent in the final set presented him with a first match point. |
| Next up for Murray is this week’s Valencia Open, in which he faces Austria’s Jürgen Melzer in the first round. “We leave this evening,” he said. “Every tournament right now is very important. Maybe I will have one glass of champagne tonight, but not more than that.” | |
| Nadal, meanwhile, is currently on a course of antibiotics in an attempt to delay surgery until after the ATP Tour Finals, which begin on 9 November. | Nadal, meanwhile, is currently on a course of antibiotics in an attempt to delay surgery until after the ATP Tour Finals, which begin on 9 November. |
| Speaking to Sky Sports News at a promotional event in France , the world No3 said: “I need to see how things go and how my body accepts the antibiotics, so after all the things that have happened over the last few weeks, let’s see. I will try to do my best [to be in London] but I cannot say, I do not know 100%.” | Speaking to Sky Sports News at a promotional event in France , the world No3 said: “I need to see how things go and how my body accepts the antibiotics, so after all the things that have happened over the last few weeks, let’s see. I will try to do my best [to be in London] but I cannot say, I do not know 100%.” |