Andy Murray demolishes Roberto Bautista to win tournament without dropping a set; gets closer to fatigued World No. 1 Novak Djokovic in ATP tennis rankings
Britain's Andy Murray reacts after a return against Roberto Bautista of Spain during the Shanghai Masters final yesterday. Pic/AFP
Britain's Andy Murray reacts after a return against Roberto Bautista of Spain during the Shanghai Masters final yesterday. Pic/AFP
Shanghai: Andy Murray demolished Roberto Bautista 7-6 (7/1), 6-1 on Sunday as he won the Shanghai Masters without dropping a set and slashed the gap on world number one Novak Djokovic.
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The Wimbledon and Olympic champion won seven points in a row in the first-set tie-breaker and broke Bautista three times in the second set to lift his third Shanghai title.
Second-ranked Murray has now won 20 straight sets in a 10-match winning streak, marching to back-to-back titles in China including last week's China Open victory in Beijing.
Roberto Bautista rues a missed point against Andy Murray. Pic/Getty Images
Murray also cuts the gap on Djokovic, who was shocked by Spain's Bautista in the semis, to 915 points as he zeroes in on the Serb's top ranking.
"The last few months I've played very well in all of the tournaments and obviously I'm happy to be back in the final again here," the 2010 and 2011 winner told the crowd.
Murray's first serve of the match was a thumping ace and he took a grip on the first set at 3-3 when Bautista netted a backhand to lose the first break point of the match.
The Briton slammed three consecutive aces for 6-6 and he dominated the tie-break, winning seven points in a row and taking the set with a sizzling backhand return.
With his 41st tournament victory and sixth this year, Murray joins Stefan Edberg in joint 15th place on the list of Open-era title winners.
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