Murray muscles into elite

MADRID: Andy Murray muscled further into the ranks of the tennis elite on Sunday when he lifted his second major title in three months by winning the Madrid Masters with a 6-4, 7-6 (6) victory over France's Gilles Simon.

The victory in just over 90 minutes turned on the big serve of the fourth seeded Scot, who fired 10 aces and made him the first British player to win four ATP titles in the same season.

His Madrid success came just three months after he won the first Masters shield of his career at Cincinnati. He also claimed the 2008 titles in Doha and Marseille.