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Andy Murray came from a set down to beat David Ferrer 5-7 6-2 7-5 in the final of the Vienna Open.
The victory means he moves ahead of the Spaniard in the race to qualify for the World Tour Finals.
Murray, 27, broke his opponent three times in the final set ,before holding his nerve to serve out the match and win only his second title of the year.

The win means that the Briton leapfrogs Ferrer, 32, and moves up to seventh in the race to London.
“It always feels good to win a tournament,” said Murray, following the match which lasted two hours and 42 minutes.

“It was an extremely difficult match. Ferrer deserved to win the first set, I deserved the second and the third could have gone either way. But it’s been a great week and I’m very happy.”

The victory was Murray’s first over a top eight player, since he won the Wimbledon title in 2013.
Murray will now travel to Valencia for a tournament that carries 500 points before playing in Paris, where there are 1,000 on offer for the winner, in the final event before the curtain raiser at the O2 Arena.

Six players are chasing three remaining places for the ATP World Tour Finals. Marin Cilic is sixth in the race, but qualifies as he won US Open.

“It’s the same for both of us,” added Murray, on the race to London.
“He won in Shanghai last week, I won here. Whoever qualifies for the finals will deserve it. It’s the best players over the 12 months. We’ll see over the next weeks, but it’s going to be very close.”

Cilic, who has already qualified for the World Tour Finals, won the Kremlin Cup Men’s Singles Final, with a 6-4 6-4 win over Spaniard Roberto Bautista. — BBC Sport