Novak Djokovic saved five match points today before recovering to beat Andy Murray in the Shanghai Masters tennis final.

The 25-year-old Serb, ranked No. 2 on the ATP World Tour, won 5-7, 7-6 (13-11), 6-3 at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center against his third-ranked opponent.

Britain’s Murray, 25, who beat Djokovic in last month’s U.S. Open final for his first Grand Slam title, edged an opening set today that included seven breaks of serve. Djokovic smashed his racket in frustration after losing his serve to go 5-6 down.

It took until the seventh game of the second set to see another service break, Murray moving ahead when his opponent volleyed into the net.

Murray, winner of the title in Shanghai the past two years, served for the match at 5-4, but Djokovic saved match point. Murray was then unable to convert four more match points in the tie-break, which Djokovic eventually won with a volley. That prompted another racket-smashing, this time by the Scot.

Djokovic took control of the final set with a break to lead 4-3 and two games later broke again to secure his fifth title of the year. It is his second straight title after winning the China Open a week ago.

In Osaka, Heather Watson became the first British woman to win a WTA title in 24 years with a 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4) victory against Chinese Taipei’s Kai-Chen Chang in the HP Open final.

There were 33 break points in the match, with each player breaking seven times.

Watson, 20, was not even born when Sara Gomer took a title in California in 1988 for the last British success on the tour.

Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus will play Germany’s Julia Goerges for a title in Linz, Austria, today.