San Jose, February 19

Defending champion Andy Murray won his second career ATP title, neutralizing Ivo Karlovic’s big serve to win a thriling SAP Open final 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Sunday.

Despite Karlovic’s 26 aces, Murray did an outstanding job on his return game in the final two sets, forcing Karlovic to hit more shots that he needed in previous matches.

After losing the first-set tiebreaker and the opening game of the second set on his own serve, Murray rallied back. He closed the match with a 220-kph ace.

Both of Murray’s career titles have come in San Jose, where he also beat Lleyton Hewitt in a third-set tiebreaker a year ago. He also won a challenger event in nearby Aptos in 2005.

Brasil Open

COSTA DO SAUIPE: Wild card Guillermo Canas upset top-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the Brasil Open final on Sunday to win his first tournament since returning from a doping ban. Canas, who returned to the ATP circuit last September following a 15-month doping suspension, didn’t lose any sets at Costa do Sauipe en route to his seventh career title.

Ferrero, a former French Open winner, was trying to win his 12th career title, and first since 2003. Ferrero hadn’t won an ATP title since 2003, when he won the French Open, was runner-up to Andy Roddick at the US Open and had an eight-week run at No 1.

Canas reached his first final since the title run in Shanghai by upsetting sixth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela, also of Argentina, in straight sets on Saturday. Canas was ranked eighth in 2005 and is now 107th.

Bangalore Open

BANGALORE: Yaraslova Shvedova of Russia won her first WTA Tour title by surprising top-seeded defending champion Mara Santangelo of Italy 6-4, 6-4 in the Sony Ericsson International final. Before this week Shvedova had only two wins on the main tour.

Shvedova made the decisive break of the first set in the seventh game, and saved a break point with a deep backhand winner while serving for the set. In the second, Shvedova broke in the first game and held on to win in 94 minutes. Shvedova’s ranking was set to move inside the top 100 for the first time on Monday.