World No. 2 Novak Djokovic saved five match points as he edged two-time defending champion Andy Murray 5-7, 7-6(11), 6-3 in a an exhilarating 3hr., 21min., contest in the Shanghai Rolex Masters final on Sunday.

defending champion：卫冕冠军

Since losing to Murray in last month’s US Open final, the 25-year-old Djokovic has compiled a perfect 10-0 record, winning back-to-back titles at the China Open (d. Tsonga) in Beijing and now in Shanghai. The Serb has an ATP World Tour-leading 70 match wins this year, also taking in titles at the Australian Open (d. Nadal), the Sony Open Tennis in Miami (d. Murray) and the Rogers Cup in Toronto (d. Gasquet).

compile a record：创造纪录

back-to-back titles：背靠背冠军（连续两项赛事中夺冠）

Djokovic clinched his seventh different ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title and 13th overall. He has reached six Masters 1000 finals this season, adding to his victories in Shanghai, Toronto and Miami with runner-up showings at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters (l. to Nadal), the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome (l. to Nadal) and the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati (l. to Federer).

runner-up：亚军，第二名

His results this season have left Djokovic locked in battle with Roger Federer for the year-end No. 1 South African Airways ATP Ranking.

"I'm trying to focus now on the end of the season," said Djokovic. "I need to play well indoors. I need to try to stay consistent with my results and eventually get a shot at No. 1 of the world. It's my biggest objective in this moment. It's something I'm aiming for. Obviously this is going to be a huge confidence boost and is going to help me in the race for No. 1. As I said, it's still not done. I still have to play well indoors."

aim for：以...为目标

Djokovic’s opponent, the 25-year-old Murray was bidding to win the Shanghai title for a third year in a row and saw his perfect record at the event come to an end (12-1). The Dunblane native had beaten World No. 1 Roger Federer in the semi-finals and was attempting to beat the ATP World Tour’s Top 2 at the same event for the second time this year, having also done so en route to claiming the gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics.

be bidding to：目标是....

en route to：在....途中

"It was a disappointing one to lose," said Murray. "I've lost tougher matches than that before in the biggest events. So I'm sure I'll recover from it pretty well.

"The second set, I probably played a little bit better. But he came up, served very well on the match points. The one match point I had on my serve, he hit the forehand onto the edge of the line. On the game where I served for the match, he also came up with some good shots.

"It's not like I threw the match away. I didn't make any real glaring errors or anything. When I had my chances, he just served very well and hit a couple of lines when he needed to."

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