Andrew Murray easily disposed of Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev to successfully defend his St.Petersburg crown and claim his fifth title of the year.
Murray impressivley sealed the 6-1 6-1 victory in less than an hour to maintain his superb run of form which has seen him win 23 out of his last 25 matches.
Murray is the first Brit to win back-to-back tour titles since 1975 when Mark Cox won successive titles in London and Washington, and Murray has also now won more titles in a season than any other Brit.
His opponent, Golubev, ranked 150th in the world, was competing in his first ATP final after a fantastic week but the occasion seemed to get the better of him as the Scot raced to a comprensive victory in 58 minutes.
The scot showed no signs of fatigue as he clinched the tournament win without losing a set all week, and will go into the Paris Masters next week full of confidence.
The British number one has been handed a difficult draw in the french capital as he faces either Sam Querrey or Marcos Baghdatis in the second round next week.
(Picture provided by Ocscar Alonso Algote)
Murray impressivley sealed the 6-1 6-1 victory in less than an hour to maintain his superb run of form which has seen him win 23 out of his last 25 matches.
Murray is the first Brit to win back-to-back tour titles since 1975 when Mark Cox won successive titles in London and Washington, and Murray has also now won more titles in a season than any other Brit.
His opponent, Golubev, ranked 150th in the world, was competing in his first ATP final after a fantastic week but the occasion seemed to get the better of him as the Scot raced to a comprensive victory in 58 minutes.
The scot showed no signs of fatigue as he clinched the tournament win without losing a set all week, and will go into the Paris Masters next week full of confidence.
The British number one has been handed a difficult draw in the french capital as he faces either Sam Querrey or Marcos Baghdatis in the second round next week.
(Picture provided by Ocscar Alonso Algote)
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