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 | Murray triumphs in Shanghai and oust Federer from the trio16-10-2011 |
Scot Andy Murray defeated Spaniard David Ferrer 7-5, 6-4 to win the tournament in Shanghai and went to Swiss Roger Federer in the rankings for the first time in his career. The victory completed a hat-trick for Asian Murray and allowed him to overtake 16-fold champion of a Grand Slam tournament for the third position in the world, which is his best finish of the season. 25th win from 26 matches Murray, Federer took the first three for the first time in eight years. Murray already has three titles in three weeks, his best series, after successes in Bangkok and Tokyo. Defending champion Ferrer samples in the first game, but after a series of errors complicate their work. Ferrer was hoping for revenge after losing 2-6, 3-6 last weekend, but allowed a double error in the breakthrough point, just at the crucial moment of the first set - 5-5. World number five Ferrer was hoping the first tournament title of the series "Masters", but was disappointed in Scotland and in the second set.