It's been 15 long months since he lifted a trophy and Andy
Murray certainly did it the hard way.
The Scot survived five match points against Tommy Robredo in the
Shenzhen Open final Sunday before closing out a grueling three-set
victory in two and a half hours.
Following his 2013 triumph at Wimbledon, Murray had back surgery
later that year and has struggled to match those heroics this year.
He opted to play at the inaugural even in China and
after battling to the final found himself a set down and
trailing 2-6 in the second set tiebreaker.
Showing typical fighting quality he saved the initial
four match points and another at 7-6 down, before
claiming the tiebreaker to level.
The third set was one-sided as Murray won 5-7 7-6
6-1 and moves up to 10th in the race to make the ATP
Tour Finals in London in November, with the top eight
qualifying.
"It's been a long time since I won a tournament,"
Murray told the official ATP Tour website.
"The way that the match was won doesn't happen very
often. It's rare to win a match like that. I was very
close to losing.
"It was an emotional week for me. I managed to fight
my way through it, win the title, and hopefully I can
win another one before the end of the year."
Murray will stay in China for the ATP World Tour
500 tournament in Beijing and the ATP World Tour Masters 1000
event in Shanghai, hoping to reach the finals for a seventh year in a
row.
He was claiming his 29th career title, the first since beating Novak
Djokovic in last year's Wimbledon final.
Robredo was also looking for his first title since last year and was
disappointed to lose out after having so many chances.
"In a match like today that was so close, it's tough to accept it. But
Andy did a great job. He was pushing right till the end and in the end,
he deserved it," the Spaniard added.
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