Tomas Berdych, Marin Cilic and Andy Murray all won ATP 250 events today as the race to London reaches its conclusion. While Cilic has already qualified, Berdych and Murray have boosted their chances of qualifying for the season ending World Tour Finals which start Nov. 9.
Tomas Berdych beat defending champion Grigor Dimitrov 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in the Stockholm final. Berdych took control of the match in the third set breaking the Bulgarian early and then finding some of his best clean ball-striking form as he took his second title of 2014 and resurrected what was becoming something of a season to forget, and one which had started so well with an appearance in the Australian Open semis and the ATP 500 title in Rotterdam.
Andy Murray had to fight back from a break down in the third set of his Vienna final against top seeded David Ferrer. The second seed won 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 to increase his head to head to 8-6 over the Spaniard and beat him in their third final. The Scot will have helped his late surge to qualify for the ATP Tour finals and should be present at the season ending event if he can go far in his next event in Paris-Bercy.
Marin Cilic had the easiest path of the three titlists. The U.S Open champion beat world No. 14 Roberto Agut-Bautista 6-4, 6-4 to win the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Agut played well, but Cilic was too good and swept to his fourth title of 2014. The Croat, who had already qualified for the World Tour Finals after finishing in the top 20 as a grand slam champion has now definitely claimed the sixth place at the event.
Commentary by Christian Deverille
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