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Britain’s Andy Murray snapped an eight-match losing streak against top-ranked rival Novak Djokovic on Sunday to win the ATP Montreal Masters only hours after his coach Amelie Mauresmo gave birth.
The Scotsman, who moves to second in the ATP rankings on Monday, revealed the news from his French mentor, the only woman to coach a major men’s player.
With assistant Jonas Bjorkman watching from the player box, Murray turned in a fighting performance over three hours to beat Djokovic for the first time in more than two years, the first time since he won the 2013 Wimbledon final over the Serbian.
Murray and the world number one took an hour per set to settle their score in Quebec as Murray completed a Canadian title hat-trick after trophies in 2009 and 2010.
Andy played a great match and deserved to win
Novak Djokovic
The Scot now owns 11 Masters 1000 titles and 35 over all. He denied Djokovic the chance at a 25th Masters trophy.
Murray won his fourth title of 2015 and lifted his record on the season to 53-8.
“Novak made it extremely difficult out there,” said Murray, who needed five match points to win as the Djokovic defence came to life.
Djokovic said he hopes to carry his form into Cincinnati next week and the US Open, which starts on August 31 in New York.
“Andy played a great match and deserved to win,” Djokovic said. “This was an important week in my Open preparation. I hope to continue this form next week and into New York.”
In the women’s final, Swiss teen Belinda Bencic took the title when her opponent, Romanian second seed Simona Halep, retired trailing 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (4/7), 3-0.
Bencic, who upset world number one Serena Williams in the semi-finals, broke twice to open the third set before the effort of battling in extreme heat and humidity proved more than Halep could take.
The Swiss 18-year-old has won 21 of her last 25 matches and defeated four top-10 foes this week, improving to 6-1 this year against such high-ranked rivals.
“I don’t think I’m so good at speeches yet,” Bencic said. “But first I want to congratulate Simona on a great week, and my mom, my dad and my team.
“Even if I lost today it would’ve been an amazing experience.”
“Sorry I couldn’t finish, I fought as hard as I could,” Halep said.


At last: Andy Murray gets the better of Novak Djokovic in Montreal Masters final

Andy Murray  holds up the Rogers Cup after defeating Novak Djokovic in the Montreal Masters final. Photo: AFP

Andy Murray celebrates his victory. Photo: AP

Belinda Bencic shows off her trophy. Photo: AP

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