Week 17 - US Men's Championships, Houston, USA

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Head-To-Head

Final

Thomas Muster (AUT) 0-0 Andrew Murray (GBR)
-Never Met-

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Doubles Final Result

F.Squillari (ARG) & M.Safin (RUS) def. T.Henman (GBR) & A.Murray (GBR) (1) 6-4 1-6 7-6 (1)

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Singles Final Result



Thomas Muster (AUT) (1) def. Andrew Murray (GBR) (3) 6-0 0-6 6-3

from ATPtennis.com

Title no. 5 for Muster
Thomas Muster downed third seed Andrew Murray in an intriguing three set tussle to take his fifth title of the year and proving himself to be the man to beat for Roland Garros which begins in a week. Since the clay season began, Muster has been in stunning form and has forged ahead at the top of the world rankings with titles at Monte Carlo and Barcelona, a place in the final at Rome and a quarter final appearance in Hamburg, before this title here. Although Houston is a small event in comparison to a lot of the others, the fact that he beat Manuel Santana, who beat him in the Rome final and Andrew Murray, who's likely to be the second seed for Roland Garros, en route to the title will give the Austrian a huge psycological boost. For Murray, this was his second straight clay court final on the back of his run to the Hamburg final last week, and is guaranteed to give him confidence for the French Open, but it is clear to see who holds the greater edge as we move into the first Grand Slam of the season.