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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Djokovic beats Murray in Shanghai after saving five match points


Novak Djokovic saved five match points and was crowned champion of the 1000 Shanghai Masters by beating Andy Murray in the final 5-7, 7-6 (11) 6-3 The Belgrade player needed a marathon three hours and 20 minutes to win the first title in Shanghai after last week won for the third time in Beijing by defeating Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The first set was crazy with seven breaks, and smashed a racket when Djokovic dropped serve (6-5) four times furiously hitting the ground.Although this partial relented, then regained the calm to save a match point in the tenth game of the second and four more in the endless subsequent tiebreaker that lasted 20 minutes. A break in the seventh game of the third set, took advantage Serb won the match with Murray visibly affected by cramps in his left leg. The Dunblane saved two match points in the third but his backhand went away from the baseline. The Shanghai is the fifth title of the year "Nole" has won before in the Australia Open, Miami, Toronto and Beijing, and 33 in his career. 

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