Summary

  • Andy Murray wins Vienna Open title

  • Murray beats David Ferrer 5-7 6-2 7-5

  • Top eight players qualify for ATP World Tour Finals

  • Murray in top 8 in race to London

  • * denotes next to serve

Live Reporting

Sam Sheringham

  1. As expected this is already a slugfest, with both players sending down booming groundstrokes. Murray holds the edge throughout his service game and levels up with an ace down the middle.

  2. Murray surges 15-30 ahead with a blistering return then makes Ferrer work hard to level at 30-all. Murray nets a backhand, then Ferrer put the game away with a forehand winner down the line.

  3. Dabid FerrerGetty Images

    Here we go then. Murray is wearing a faded grey top that looks like it once might have been black. Ferrer, in red and white, will serve first...

  4. Get involved

    Not long now before the players start trading groundstrokes, but don't you go hanging back behind the baseline. Serve up your thoughts at any stage via #bbctennis or text to 81111 and we'll include the best of the bunch in the live text.

  5. Head-to-head

    Murray leads the head-to-head standings with Ferrer 7-6 but the Spaniard won their last meeting in the third round of the Shanghai Masters 2-6 6-1 6-2, 10 days ago.

    Murray v Ferrer graphic

  6. Murray has qualified for the World Tour Finals, which will be held at the O2 Arena from 9 to 16 November, every year since 2008.

    But he's also under pressure from Grigor Dimitrov, his Bulgarian conqueror at Wimbledon. Dimitrov, who is 11th in the standings, takes on seventh-placed Tomas Berdych in the final of the Stockholm Open at 14:00 BST.

  7. The race is on

    With a house in the Surrey commuter belt, Murray would stand a competitive advantage over most of his fellow tennis stars in a straight footrace to the UK capital. But in this particular race to London he's in need of a sprint finish.

    Murray's semi-final victory over Viktor Troicki on Saturday moved him above Milos Raonic into the eighth and final qualifying spot for the Tour finals, but with ninth-placed Ferrer only 10 points behind, there's plenty to play for in Austria today.

  8. Andy MurrayEPA

    Good afternoon tennis fans. Good to have you on board as Andy Murray steps up his quest to reach the ATP Tour finals in London.

    The British number one takes on David Ferrer in the final of the Vienna Open today, with both players fighting to make the cut for the season-ending showdown in November.