Andy Murray won the China Open in Beijing on Sunday, defeating Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 7-6 (2), in a hard-fought match that featured plenty of acrobatics from both players. Playing in his ninth final of the season, the top-seeded Scot broke Dimitrov in the first game of the first set and again in the fifth game of the second. Murray looked to have the match in the bag serving at 5-4, but the Bulgarian finally broke his serve, then held his own to force the tiebreaker. The finals victory was Murray's first in three attempts at the China Open, having reached the quarterfinals on his debut and the semifinals in 2014. Earlier, Agnieszka Radwanska beat Johanna Konta in straight sets to take the women's title, her third crown of the season. The third-ranked Pole — who cruised through the tournament without dropping a set — sealed her second title in Beijing with an ace for a 6-4, 6-2 win. The victory is Radwanska's 20th career title and second in Beijing. But there was more on the line for Konta, 25, who was making a bid for her second — and biggest — career title in the Chinese capital. Despite the loss, by reaching the final Konta has amassed enough points to break into the top 10 — the first British woman to do so since Jo Durie in 1984. It was the second time the pair have met after Radwanska beat the Briton in a two-hour, three-set battle in Cincinnati in August. They will likely meet again in Singapore at the end of the month for the WTA Finals. Radwanska has already qualified for the eight-player season finale, which follows a round-robin format, while the Briton is still chasing points to guarantee her maiden appearance at the elite event. Konta is currently in eighth position but could be nudged out by Wuhan Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova, who is just 10 points behind her in the so-called Race to Singapore. The Briton is playing in Hong Kong next week, hoping to rack up enough qualification points. In the men's doubles, Rafael Nadal and Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain defeated Bernard Tomic of Australia and Jack Sock of the United States for the trophy. Kyrgios beats Goffin in final Nick Kyrgios claimed his third, and biggest, title of the year, when rallying to beat David Goffin at the Rakuten Japan Open Sunday. The big-serving Australian won a tight match, in which there were only three breaks, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Goffin was left to rue five spurned break points in the third game of the second set, when he had Kyrgios 0-40. Kyrgios held, with the help of three aces, then broke in the next game. The Kyrgios serve proved crucial, as he fired 21 of his 25 aces in the final two sets. In contrast, Goffin's serve fell apart in the third set, when he double-faulted six times. Fittingly, Kyrgios served an ace down the middle to take the title. Marcel Granollers of Spain and Poland's Marcin Matkowski, beat the second-seeded Raven Klaasen of South Africa and American Rajeev Ram 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the doubles final. Wu beats Cuevas at Shanghai Chinese wild card Wu Di upset 16th-seeded Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (2) in front of his hometown fans in the opening round of the Shanghai Masters Sunday. Wu, who lives in Shanghai, had failed to get past the opening round in five previous appearances in the main draw of the tournament. The 184th-ranked Chinese player broke Cuevas seven times in the match, including five in the third set. The players traded 10 breaks of serve in the deciding set. It was just the second win on the ATP Tour for Wu, who won his first match last month against Russia's Konstantin Kravchuk in the opening round of the Chengdu Open. In other matches, South Africa's Kevin Anderson defeated another Chinese wild card, Li Zhe, 6-1, 6-3; Italy's Fabio Fognini beat Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-5, 6-3; and Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic ousted Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-2, 6-4. Raonic confirms spot in ATP World Tour Finals Canada's Milos Raonic is the fourth player to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals in London following his run to the semifinals in Beijing this week. Wimbledon runner-up Raonic will be making his second appearance at the year-ender having qualified two years ago. He joins Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Stanislas Wawrinka, winners of this year's Grand Slam titles. Four places are still up for grabs with Kei Nishikori, Gael Monfils, Dominic Thiem and Rafael Nadal currently inside the cut with two Masters Series events — Shanghai and Paris — left.
