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China Open Sunday Men’s Tennis Results

October 9, 2016

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Posted by TennisNews.com on October 9, 2016 in Results

China Open
Beijing, China

RESULTS – SUNDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2016

Singles – Final
[1] A. Murray (GBR) d G. Dimitrov (BUL) 64 76(2)

Doubles – Final
P. Carreno Busta (ESP) / R. Nadal (ESP) d J. Sock (USA) / B. Tomic (AUS) 67(6) 62 10-8
MURRAY CLAIMS 40TH TITLE; CARRENO BUSTA/NADAL WIN FIRST TEAM CROWN
– Andy Murray did not drop a set all week in Beijing, becoming the 16th member of the ’40 Titles Club’ in the Open Era.
– The 29 year old lifted his fifth trophy in a season for the first time since 2011, adding to titles won at Wimbledon, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Rome, the Aegon Championships on the grass of The Queen’s Club and the Rio Olympics.
– With an additional 500 points in his growing haul in the Emirates ATP Race To London, Murray drew to within 1,555 of World No. 1 Novak Djokovic for the year-end top spot.
– Grigor Dimitrov was bidding for his first ATP World Tour crown since 2014, when he won at The Queen’s Club in London.
– Rafael Nadal and Pablo Carreno Busta celebrated their first ATP World Tour doubles title together in Beijing.
– Nadal improved to 11-4 in tour-level doubles finals, while Carreno Busta captured his second doubles title in six finals this season.

WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID
Murray
“It was probably my best match of the week. But my second serve tonight was probably the best part of my game. A lot of the unreturned serves came off second serves. Considering the conditions were fairly cold, I was still serving over a hundred miles an hour on some second serves. I felt using good variation on that shot, so I didn’t give him a chance to really attack me there and that was probably the thing that I did best tonight.”

Dimitrov
“I think the past couple of times, Andy has been playing really well against me. I didn’t start my match the best way possible. I got broken right away in the first game. There are very different conditions today, pretty chilly. I think I just didn’t have enough time to adjust.”

Nadal
“We enjoy [playing] together. We played some good matches here, I think, winning against some good players. Winning with a good friend, too, is something that is a bit more special. So we’re happy for that.”