October 16, 2011 7:44 PM

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Murray beat Spain's David Federer; Claims Shanghai Masters tennis title

Andy Murray beat Spain's David Federer 7-5 6-4 to claim the Shanghai Masters tennis title on Sunday and move ahead of Swiss Roger Federer in the rankings for the first time in his career. The victory completed a stunning Asian hat-trick for Murray and allowed the seemingly unstoppable Scot to leapfrog 16-times grand-slam champion Federer into third sport to secure his career-best end-of-year world ranking.Murray's 25th victory from 26 matches sends Federer out of the top three for the first time in eight years.

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