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Murray blitzes Young to win in Thailand

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Andy Murray needed just 47 minutes to claim his third ATP Tour title of the season with a straight sets victory over Donald Young in the Thailand Open.

Young looked nervous from the off as he started against the Scot in Bangkok, with Murray taking advantage to win the first four games in a row.

A couple of service holds late in the opening stanza from the American raised the prospect of a more competitive second set, but the opposite proved to be the case as the world No. 4 dropped just three points in the set on the way to a comprehensive 6-2 6-0 victory.

"I just played really well," said Murray. "Towards the end of the first set he started to play a bit better, but once I got up in the second I hardly made any mistakes.

"I felt like I was moving well, so it was difficult for him to hit any clean winners. I served very well throughout and didn't give him any opportunities. It was a great match."

This was Young's first career final, at the same event where Murray reached the milestone for the first time six years ago. But the American never really got to grips with the challenge or stage, as Murray added to his victories at Queen's Club and the Cincinnati Masters in 2011.

The victory increases Murray's chances of leapfrogging Roger Federer in the world rankings come the end of the season. He had previously faced Young twice this season - losing at Indian Wells in one of his lowest moments of the season, before beating him in the fourth round of the US Open last month.

In Sunday's other final, Janko Tipsarevic had to work slightly harder to claim victory aganist Marcos Baghdatis in the Malaysian Open, eventually claiming a 6-4 7-5 success.

Tisparevic needed more than two hours to finally defeat the Cypriot, in a match that saw neither player manage to dominate proceedings behind a solid serve. Both players were broken in both stanzas, but Baghdatis succumbed five times over the course of the contest to eventually consign himself to defeat.

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