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- Updated: October 17, 2016
Andy Murray has closed the gap to Novak Djokovic in the ATP rankings to less than 2,500 points as he bids to become world No.1 for the first time.
Murray clinched his sixth title of the year on Sunday after beating Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in the final of the Shanghai Masters.
Bautista Agut had beaten Djokovic in the semi-finals of that tournament and that has helped second-placed Murray cut the gap to the Serbian in the latest world rankings, which were released on Monday.
Murray now has 10,485 points following his Shanghai triumph while …