Britain’s Andy Murray clinched his second Queen’s title with a 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 victory over French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final yesterday.

Murray, who also won the Wimbledon warm-up event in 2009, is the first Briton to lift the Queen’s trophy twice since Francis Gordon Lowe achieved his second of three titles in 1914.

It was also Murray’s first ATP title since beating Roger Federer at the Shanghai Masters in October and earned the Scot a cheque for 77,500 euros ($112,000).

More important than any financial gain, this gutsy victory was the perfect confidence boost for the world number four ahead of Wimbledon, which starts in a week’s time.

Murray arrived in west London to begin his grass-court campaign nursing serious concerns over the ankle ligament injury he suffered at the French Open.

But the second seed has been able to put aside those fears as the ankle held up well and the manner of this come-from-behind win will have pleased him even more.

Murray said: “Tsonga was playing a different sport to me in the first two sets. He’s so much fun to watch.

“He was using variation on his serve, and a lot of aggression. But I managed to break him eventually.

“My ankle has got much better. This has been one of the most funs weeks I’ve had on the tour. I’ve loved it.”

Tsonga had beaten Murray in a friendly game of table-tennis as they waited in vain for the rain to relent on Sunday, but it was not a lucky omen for the fifth seed in the rescheduled final.

Tsonga landed the first blow as he broke for a 4-2 lead when he correctly challenged that his forehand was in.

Murray was struggling to find the majestic form that demolished three-time Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick in less than an hour in the semi-finals.

Roddick had pleaded with Murray to “keep it social” during that rout but Tsonga was a far more obdurate opponent.

Even when Murray produced a sublime pass on the run to bring up two break points at 3-5, Tsonga came up with a perfect forehand followed by a big serve to get out of trouble and clinch the first set.

To his credit, Murray kept battling away. He had four break points for a 5-3 second-set lead, but Tsonga found a way out of trouble each time.

Both players were at their best now and Murray’s remarkable forehand through his legs was met with more Tsonga acrobatics as the Frenchman held serve to set up a tie-break.

Murray would not be denied though. He kept the pressure on and, aided by some wayward Tsonga ground-strokes, he easily won the breaker to earn a final set decider.

There was no sign of Murray easing off and he finally broke for the first time when Tsonga drifted a forehand wide in the fifth game.

Murray’s confidence was sky-high and the Scottish player moved 5-3 ahead before serving out the win.

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