Andy Murray upset Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic 7-6, 7-6 to win his first Masters Series title on Sunday.
Murray could have won earlier but Djokovic survived four championship points when the Briton served leading 5-3 in the second set. He clinched it in the tiebreak on his sixth championship point.
Both times the Serb had to save break points but he began to mistime more often and from the middle of the set Murray was holding serve more easily.
In the tiebreak, Djokovic lost a point against serve immediately when he struck a backhand drive too long.
He pulled a forehand wide to go two mini-breaks down, and lost the set when he tried to break up another sequence of drives from Murray and hammered that flat and long.
Djokovic then suffered the disappointment of making a break early in the second set, only to be unable to consolidate it.
When Murray broke back for 2-2 and again for 5-3 Djokovic looked increasingly uncertain, risking his heavy attacks less often.
Murray overcame the Serb with a fluent and imaginative display of ground strokes, showing he has the ability to climb up among the world's top three, producing his second victory over Djokovic in successive weeks.
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