"It was never called when it was 30-0 or 40-0, it was always when it was 30-30 or in a
tie-break. I mean, what is this?
"I just tried to play tough points and make him have to play great tennis to win the
tie-break.
Then in the final he used similar baseline tactics to see off number one seed Matt James from Wrexham - who had defeated George Mc Cullagh 6-3, 6-1 in the other semi - courtesy of another
tie-break decider.
"In the
tie-break I raised my level a little bit and I came out ahead," he said.
Things went with serve until Murray broke his Spanish opponent to take a 4-3 lead but when Bautista Agut broke back and then made it 6-5, Murray took the first set to a
tie-break with a love game.
It was Robredo's turn then to rescue a match point against him and take the final set to a
tie-break, with both players looking to be on their last legs.
The 33-year-old easily took the next game and had two set points against the serve but Simon battled back and it went to a
tie-break.
Bond replied with a similar shot to seal the set, but it was a different pattern in the second, with Weale forcing a
tie-break.
Another
tie-break loomed and, after an early exchange of minibreaks, Murray took charge of it to level the match.
The key moment came in the third set, when, with another
tie-break looking inevitable, Henman's control faltered and he offered up a fourth double fault to hand Lopez a 5-4 advantage to serve for the match.
Hrbaty broke him again to lead 6-5 but the young Scot broke straight back to love to force a
tie-break.