Andy won his first 1000 ATP Master of 2013 rallying and saving a match point against David Ferrer.
The match was a close encounter with both playing to at their very best because of extremely hot conditions. Ferrer dropped 7 service games out of 15, Murray 8 out of 15 (!!!)
The Scott won the match after 2 hours and 45 minutes to win his 9th 1000 ATP Master and regain the world no.2 spot.
The match point
The crucial moment came when Ferrer was leading 6-5 in the third set and he had a match point. During the rally David thought a ball striken by Murray was out, so he challenged it… but he was horribly wrong. David lost that game and the match went to the tiebreak when Ferrer imploded to lose it at 1.
“The ball, it was really close. I saw it out. I made my decision in that moment. It’s a bad moment now. I don’t want to think anymore about that. I want to forget as soon as possible.” said Ferrer
From Murray
“It’s taking a little while to sink in, because it’s tough to think really at the end of the match,” said Andy . “It was so tough physically and mentally that you were just trying to play each point. I wasn’t thinking too much only because I was so tired and not too many nerves at the end of the match, either.
“I think it was an exciting match. I don’t think either of us played our best tennis. There was a lot of breaks and ups and downs, quite a lot of mistakes from both of us. But what I did do was fight hard, showed good mental strength to get through that match, because it easily could have slipped away from me.”
From Ferrer
David was clearly disappointed during the press conference to comment “I know it was a very good chance for me to win Miami. It’s very difficult to win,”
“There will be another situation like today, but my life doesn’t change for one match. I need to work hard and to be focused for the next tournaments.”