Tennis:Andy Murray completed his preparations for Wimbledon with a stylish victory over James Blake in the final of the AEGON Championship. In beating the American 7-5 6-4, the Scot became the first British player to win the Queen's tournament since Bunny Austin in 1938, succeeding where the likes of Tim Henman - three times a finalist - failed.
Murray looked in control throughout despite the intent of his hard-hitting opponent, who went for his shots from the opening game and came up with some big winners to keep Murray honest.
Indeed, when Murray broke in the third game the American swiftly broke back, only the second time the world number three has dropped his serve all week.
But Murray got the upper hand once more in a crucial 11th game when he secured two match points, and the break was his when Blake fired a forehand long.
The second set was another tightly contested affair and Murray had to save break point in the sixth game before staying on serve.
As the match progressed the hitting got harder and it was Murray who was upping the tempo, forcing Blake to net at 30-40 in the very next game to clinch the crucial break.
And the Brit lost only one point as he coolly held his next two service games to win the match in 67 minutes.
Murray insisted after the match he is still "a long way from winning Wimbledon".
"I feel confident but I try not to get too far ahead of myself before I've played my first match there," Murray told BBC Sport. "If I play my best like I have this week I've got a chance, but two of the greatest players of all-time are going to be there and it will be tough to get past them."
Murray was pleased with his form but admitted he had been nervous after hearing how long it had been since the last British champion at Queen's.
"Some weeks it happens and this week I was playing well. When I had my chances I managed to take them but I was quite nervous today" he said. "They were telling me yesterday that no-one had won here for 70-odd years so that got the nerves going, especially when I was serving for the match."
Blake said he would be happy for the match to be a dress rehearsal for the Wimbledon final.
"He (Murray) is pretty good - I don't know if anyone knew that!" Blake told BBC Sport. "He's a great player and I want to congratulate him on a great week and wish him the best of luck for the next few weeks. Hopefully there will be a rematch in the final in a couple of weeks."