TENNIS NEWS – SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS (CHINA) – ANDY MURRAY CLAIMS THIRD SHANGHAI TITLE / SCORES, & COMMENTS

Written by: Staff on 16th October 2016

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TENNIS NEWS - SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS (CHINA) - ANDY MURRAY CLAIMS THIRD SHANGHAI TITLE / SCORES, & COMMENTS |

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Shanghai Rolex Masters

Shanghai, China

RESULTS – SUNDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2016

Singles – Final

[2] A. Murray (GBR) d [15] R. Bautista Agut (ESP) 76(1) 61

Doubles – Final

J. Isner (USA) / J. Sock (USA) d H. Kontinen (FIN) / J. Peers (AUS) 64 64

MURRAY RATCHETS UP THE PRESSURE ON DJOKOVIC; ISNER/SOCK WIN FIRST TITLE

– Andy Murray ratcheted up the pressure on Novak Djokovic in the battle for No. 1 on Sunday by beating Roberto Bautista Agut in the Shanghai Rolex Masters final.

– The Brit won his second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title of the season and the 13th of his career. The 29 year old also celebrated his 41st career tour-level title.

– By winning Shanghai, Murray closes the gap between himself and World No. 1 Djokovic to 915 points in the Emirates ATP Race To London.

– Bautista Agut was trying to win his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title and third title of the season (Auckland, Sofia).

– The 28-year-old Spaniard climbs to 13th place in the Emirates ATP Race To London, 865 points behind eighth-placed Dominic Thiem.

– John Isner and Jack Sock won their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 team crown, defeating Henri Kontinen and John Peers.

– The American duo won 78 per cent of their service points (40/51) and never faced a break point.

WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID

Murray

“I did feel like I played better this week than last week. In all of the matches I was hitting the ball pretty clean.”

“The most important thing to reach No. 1 is to be extremely consistent throughout the whole year, which I have done really since the clay-court season,” Murray said. “I believe I can get there. I definitely believe I can get there. These last few months have proved that to me… I’ll give it my best shot to do it, because I may never get another chance.”

Bautista Agut

“I think it was a close first set. It was not easy for me to handle all the emotions I had this week. For me, it was not easy to feel perfect on the court and in my first final appearance at a Masters 1000,” Bautista Agut said. “But I think I gave everything on the court today.”

“I’m going to learn from all the success I had this week.”

Isner

“We both definitely prefer singles, but we also have a lot of fun playing with each other in doubles. I think that’s the No. 1 reason why we did so well this week is because we are having a lot of fun with it.”

Sock

“It’s always fun playing with a good friend. John is probably my best friend on tour… Like he said, we just had a lot of fun. Laughed a lot. Kept it light out there. I think that’s why we played pretty well.”