Andy Murray claimed his second title in a month with victory in the Binghamton Challenger final in New York State. The British number three, who played both his quarter and and semi-finals on Saturday, saw off the challenge of Colombian Alejandro Falla 7-6 6-3.
The victory adds to the 18-year-old Scot's win at the Aptos Challenger in California last month.
Murray, who last week rose to 145th in the world rankings, has a wildcard for this week's Cincinnati Masters.
The Scot was pleased to have held off Falla's fast start in Binghamton.
"Alejandro has gone through qualifying so he's played a lot of matches and he started out very well," said Murray.
"I managed to hold serve pretty well today and I played a pretty solid match."
Murray believes he is on target to achieve his goal of breaking into the world's top 100 by the end of the year, although he knows he has to work on his fitness levels.
"I've won against some good players, I've beaten seven or eight guys inside the top 200," he said.
"I think I'm ready. Maybe physically I'm not in as good shape as a lot of the guys inside the top 100 but I think my tennis is there.
"This isn't the same as winning on the ATP tour, but winning these tournaments gives you a lot of confidence because there are still a lot of good players here."
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Murray has a real prospect of getting into the top 100 by the end of the year 