Sony Open Title Win Propels Murray to Number Two in the World

April 1, 2013 | By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
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Second seeded Andy Murray became the first ATP World Tour player to save a match point in the Sony Open Tennis finals in Miami, defeating third-seeded David Ferrer 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(1) for his Sony Open trophy. With the win, Murray will move past Roger Federer into the number two spot in the ATP Men’s Singles Rankings. Murray is the seventh player to win multiple titles in Miami, and improved to 26-14 in tour-level finals and collected his second trophy of the year, retaining his trophy in Brisbane International.

“It’s taking a little while to sink in, because it’s tough to think really at the end of the match,” said Murray. “It was so tough physically and mentally that you were just trying to play each point. I wasn’t thinking too much only because I was so tired and [did] not [have] too many nerves at the end of the match, either."

Ferrer was looking to win his second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title, following his victory at the Paris Paribas Masters in November 2012. Ferrer fell to 5-7 against Murray in head-to-head matchups and is 0-13 against top five opponents in title matches.

"I know it was a very good chance for me to win Miami. It’s very difficult to win,” said Ferrer. “There will be another situation like today, but my life doesn’t change for one match. I need to work hard and to be focused for the next tournaments. It was a very close match. I had my chance on the match point. The ball, it was really close. I saw it out … I [made] my decision in that moment. It’s a bad moment now. I don’t want to think anymore about that. I want to forget as [fast] as possible.”


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