Andy Murray believes his third Queen's Club title will act as the perfect foundation to launch his latest bid to win Wimbledon. Murray hardly had time to finish celebrating Sunday's 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 victory over Croatian fifth seed Marin Cilic in the final of the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event before thoughts turned to his prospects of ending Britain's 75-year wait for a male winner of the singles' title at the All England Club. The 26-year-old arrived at Queen's last week dogged by fears over his fitness after a lower back injury forced him to miss the French Open.

Andy Murray was crowned king of Queen's Club for the third time as the world number two roared back to defeat defending champion Marin Cilic 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in Sunday's final. Murray was pushed hard by the Croatian fifth seed, but the US Open champion responded to the challenge with the kind of classy display that bodes well with Wimbledon just eight days away.

Result from the seventh day of the ATP tournament at Queen's Club (x denotes seeding): Final Andy Murray (GBR x1) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x5) 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 afp

International Sports Desk, Jun 16 (EFE).- Switzerland's Roger Federer beat Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to win the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, for the sixth time. Halle is now one of the trio of tournaments that the Swiss great has won at least six times, along with Wimbledon (seven) and the Masters series (six). Federer, who holds a record 17 Grand Slam singles titles, has now tied American John McEnroe with 77 career titles.