Andy Murray has won Shanghai with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Roger Federer in the final. It is Murray's sixth Masters title and his second straight victory over Federer -- the Scot also won their meeting in the final of Toronto this summer.
Murray saved all six break points he faced during the match and broke Federer four times.
"It's incredibly difficult every time but I love the challenge of playing against him," said Murray. "I don't fear playing him. Every time I go on, I know I need to play great tennis to win against him.
"It was obviously a great, great match for me. Made few mistakes... I served great, especially when I was behind in the games. I hit the ball well from the back of the court."
Federer made 30 unforced errors, including some forehands at tight moments.
"I think that's Andy making the target smaller for myself," said Federer. "In a normal match, that thing goes in the corner. I'm not going to miss those shots.
I thought he played well overall. He didn't give me much, you know, the usual style he plays. I was missing a few too many shots, which I wish I hadn't because that could have definitely maybe swung momentum around, given me more confidence to play more forward, more attacking. But missing so many important shots really over and over again obviously took a lot of my confidence away.
"But I had a good tournament. I thought I played well this week. Had some great wins against Soderling, Isner, Seppi, also Djokovic. I'm very happy with where my game is at. Today could have been better. But, look, Andy was the best player of the tournament so he deserved it."
Federer was also annoyed by an incorrect call from the linesman when facing break point in the fourth game of the second set. A smash on the baseline was called out and then was overturned on a HawkEye challenge by Federer, who then lost the replayed point.
"It was a classic bad mistake by the linesperson," said Federer, who had an annoyed exchange with the umpire. "Kind of one of those moments you don't want it to happen so you don't have to defend a breakpoint twice. That's at the end what cost me the -- maybe the match, potentially.
"I had difficulties communicating with the umpire. He wouldn't understand what I was saying. So that just kind of made it more and more difficult."
"If I was him, I would be annoyed, of course," said Murray. "As a player, you just kind of have to try to put it to the back of your mind. It can be difficult, especially when you're trying to get yourself back into the match. But that's where the Hawk Eye system, at least it kind of gave him a chance, because if not, it would have been called out, and that would have been the game done.
"When your opponent is the one that's getting frustrated, you just need to try and focus because it can distract you a bit, you know, when it first happens.But if it sort of keeps going for a few games, you need to make sure you take your time, don't rush, and know that they're frustrated. You just have to almost make a lot of balls, just kind of keep making them play, because they're quite tense."