British second seed Andy Murray won the ATP Miami Masters title on Sunday, saving a match point in the penultimate game in defeating Spanish third seed David Ferrer 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/1). Murray captured his 26th career tour title, and second of the year after having taken the Brisbane crown, in a grueling two hours and 45 minutes. "Both of us fought hard," Murray said. "Both of us were struggling physically at the end. I was lucky to come through."

Third-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer reached the final of the Miami ATP Masters on Friday with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Germany's Tommy Haas. A determined Ferrer twice rallied from a break down in the third set to end the giant-killing run of 15th-seeded Haas, who stunned world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the fourth round. The Spaniard will play either second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain or France's Richard Gasquet in Sunday's final. Murray, who lifted the trophy in 2009, took a 4-3 career record over eighth-seeded Gasquet into their Friday night semi-final.

Spanish third seed David Ferrer advanced by walkover into the third round of the ATP Masters Miami hardcourt tournament on Friday when Russian opponent Dmitry Turnsunov withdrew with a stomach bug. Ferrer will next face the winner of a later second-round match between France's Michael Llodra and Italian 32nd seed Fabio Fognini. Ferrer, who like all seeds received a first-round bye at Miami, was eliminated in the second round of his previous event, the ATP Masters event at Indian Wells.

* Fourth seed Ferrer ousted by Anderson * Federer hammers Istomin in second round * Nadal beat Harrison on hardcourt return (Updates with Nadal match) By Mark Lamport-Stokes INDIAN WELLS, California, March 9 (Reuters) - While Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal won their opening matches in straight sets on Saturday, world number four David Ferrer became the first top seed to make an early exit from the BNP Paribas Open.