Murray takes first China Open title with win over Dimitrov

2016-10-10 09:08

By (Xinhua)

Murray takes first China Open title with win over Dimitrov

Britain's Andy Murray celebrates after defeating Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, Oct 9, 2016. [Photo/Agencies]

Thankfully for Murray, he was able to take control of the match again in the tiebreaker, and never looked back on his way to seal the victory.

Murray was also pleased with his serve, which he said came in spite of the cold conditions.

"You know, considering the conditions were fairly cold, I was still serving over a hundred miles an hour on some second serves. I felt using good variation on that shot, so I didn't give him a chance to really attack me there, that was probably the thing that I did best tonight," he said.

Dimitrov also pointed to Murray's solid serve as a major factor in the outcome of the match.

"Yeah, I think today he served pretty good the second serve. He caught me off guard I think quite a few times. Especially in the body, he was serving a lot of body serves. Sometimes he was just catching me off guard, meaning I wasn't sure which shot I wanted to hit," he said.

The win here moves Murray just 1,695 points behind Serb Novak Djokovic in ATP rankings.