( CNN ) -- It 's been 15 long months since he lifted a trophy and Andy Murray certainly did it the hard way . The Scot survived five match points against Tommy Robredo in the Shenzhen Open final Sunday before closing out a grueling three-set victory in two and a half hours . Following his 2013 triumph at Wimbledon , Murray had back surgery later that year and has struggled to match those heroics this year . He opted to play at the inaugural even in China and after battling to the final found himself a set down and trailing 2-6 in the second set tiebreaker . Showing typical fighting quality he saved the initial four match points and another at 7-6 down , before claiming the tiebreaker to level . The third set was one-sided as Murray won 5-7 7-6 6-1 and moves up to 10th in the race to make the ATP Tour Finals in London in November , with the top eight qualifying . `` It 's been a long time since I won a tournament , '' Murray told the official ATP Tour website . `` The way that the match was won does n't happen very often . It 's rare to win a match like that . I was very close to losing . `` It was an emotional week for me . I managed to fight my way through it , win the title , and hopefully I can win another one before the end of the year . '' Murray will stay in China for the ATP World Tour 500 tournament in Beijing and the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Shanghai , hoping to reach the finals for a seventh year in a row . He was claiming his 29th career title , the first since beating Novak Djokovic in last year 's Wimbledon final . Robredo was also looking for his first title since last year and was disappointed to lose out after having so many chances . `` In a match like today that was so close , it 's tough to accept it . But Andy did a great job . He was pushing right till the end and in the end , he deserved it , '' the Spaniard added .
Andy Murray wins Shenzhen Open in China . Survives five match points to beat Tommy Robredo . First title in 15 months for Murray . Scot bidding to qualify for ATP World Tour Finals in London .