Hubert Hurkacz claimed his second Masters title in a dramatic final at the Shanghai Masters on Sunday, saving a match point before prevailing 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8) against Andrey Rublev.

Like he did in his impressive semi-final win over Sebastian Korda, the Polish player’s serve was again his strike weapon as he sent down 21 aces and won more than 80 per cent of his first serve points.

Hurkacz struck the first blow of the final with a forehand winner to break Rublev in the sixth game, which proved decisive in taking the opening set.

It was the first set that the 25-year-old Russian player had dropped in the tournament but it seemed to spur him on, as the No. 7-ranked player found his range in the second, hitting 16 winners to force a decider.

As the match tightened, Rublev saved one match point on serve at 4-5 before taking a 5-2 advantage in the third set tiebreaker. Hurkacz responded by firing back-to-back aces before forcing a Rublev error to level at 5-5.

Rublev then earned a match point at 6-5, which Hurkacz saved, before he converted on his fourth chance to take the title after two hours and nine minutes.

“It was such a battle,” Hurkacz said. “I am super happy with how I managed at the end.”

Bopanna-Ebden shine

Indian doubles ace Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden finished runners-up, going down to seventh- seeded Spanish-Argentine duo of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 7-5, 2-6, 7-10.

The fourth seeds took the first set. But Granollers and Zeballos brought it on an even keel in the second set. Granollers and Zeballos won 83 per cent of their first serve points to win the third set and claim a one-hour, 23-minute triumph.