Tennis

Murray boosts London qualification hopes

Andy Murray became the fifth active player to lift 30 trophies, following his victory at the Erste Bank Open.

Second seed Murray recovered to beat top seed David Ferrer, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 in just under three hours to capture the Vienna title.

The victory means he moves ahead of the Spaniard in the race to qualify for the World Tour Finals.

Murray and Ferrer could meet in next week’s Valencia Open 500 semi-finals.

Emirates ATP Race To London

1 Novak Djokovic (Qualified)

2 Roger Federer (Qualified)

3 Rafael Nadal (Qualified)

4 Stan Wawrinka (Qualified)

5 Kei Nishiokri

6 Marin Cilic (Qualified)

7 Tomas Berdych

8 Andy Murray

9 David Ferrer

10 Milos Raonic

11 Grigor Dimitrov

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