Murray's Miami win lifts him to No2 in world NEWS
Andy Murray's come-from-behind three sets win over David Ferrer in the Miami Masters sees him elevated to No.2 in the ATP world rankings.
Murray's tough win, his 26th career title, was achieved against an equally determined David Ferrer who started the match in excellent form, taking the first set.
However, in extremely humid conditions, Murray dug deep, not for the first time this week, to come from a set behind to eventually win 4-6 6-6 7-6 (7-1) and move the No.2 in the world, overtaking the Swiss master, Roger Federer, although he's still some way behind Novak Djokovic, the No.1.
This was Murray's second Miami Masters win, the first coming in 2009, the year in which Murray last reached No.2 in the ATP rankings. Murray's rise is deserved and a real recognition of the progress he has made in the last 12 months, a year in which he has won the Olympic gold medal at London 2012 and taken his first Grand Slam title at the US Open.
Ferrer proved a difficult and determined final opponent for the Scot, winning the first five games on the way to the first set, and even having a match point in the third and deciding set. However, it may have been the humidity as much as the ability of Murray that finally did for the Spaniard.
With his rise to No.2 Murray has stated that he is now looking forward to the clay-court season which culminates with the season's first Grand Slam in Paris which starts in May. In last year's French Open at Roland Garros it was his Miami opponent, David Ferrer, that ended Murray's challenge in the quarter-finals.
Of course, with the return to fitness of the King of Clay, Rafael Nadal, Murray will have his work cut out if he plans on winning in Paris this year. Nadal, even though he has only been back in action for a couple of months, will be the clear favourite for an eighth French Open title.
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