Murray secures fifth place in Tour Final's standings post Valencia Open win

Britain number one Andy Murray moved up to the fifth place in the ATP World Tour Finals' standings after he beat Spaniard Tommy Robredo for the second time in a month to win the Valencia Open.

Murray saved five match points against Robredo to win 3-6, 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (10-8) in three hours and 20 minutes. He claimed his third title in five weeks and closed in on a place at the ATP World Tour Finals.

Murray, who moved up to fifth in the standings, with ninth good enough to qualify, said that he knows it was an incredible match, adding that the tennis at the end and in the second set was high level, The BBC reported.

The Scot would now head to the Paris Masters, the final event of the regular season, and would need an unfortunate set of results next week to slip out of the places for London.

Whether he would be in any shape to make the latter stages in Paris must be in doubt after winning the longest ATP final of 2014 against Robredo, the report added.