Murray wins in St Petersburg

Andy Murray took a huge step towards booking his place in the prestigious Masters Cup competition with a handsome victory over Fernando Verdasco to clinch his second ATP Tour title of the year in the St Petersburg Open.

The British number one ran out 6-2 6-3 winner over his Spanish rival and is now ideally set to challenge for the final place in the Shanghai event, which is open to the top eight in the ATP 2007 Race.