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David Ferrer boosts ATP finals chances with win over Andy Murray

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David Ferrer took on Andy Murray in the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters, with both players hoping to boost their chances of making ATP finals in November, by reaching the quater finals here.

Both Murray and Ferrer are fighting to claim one of the remaining spots in the eight-man tournament in London.

Murray had played far more tennis than the fresher Ferrer in recent weeks, winning a title in Shenzhen and making the semi-finals of the China Open.

The Spaniard, meanwhile, was coming off two successive first round defeats.

But it was Ferrer who took the win with a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Murray to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament.

With the win, Ferrer will now pass Murray into ninth place in the standings, just behind Milos Raonic in eighth.

Sixth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych also reached the quarterfinals, beating Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-3, 6-4

And France's Julien Benneteau beat Jack Sock of the USA by the same score.