ANDY MURRAY grabbed his second successive St Petersburg Open title then admitted the weight of public expectation had put him under pressure. The Scot was nervous to start with but soon settled and strolled to a 6-1 6-1 win over Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev in less than 57 minutes to claim his fifth title of the season in Russia. Golubev, ranked a lowly 150, had beaten Olivier Rochus in the first round before causing a huge upset with the defeat of former world No.1 Marat Safin. However, he found the current world No.4 a different proposition and the defending champion came out on top without breaking sweat. Murray, though, admitted there had been a lot of expectation going into the final because he was expected to romp home. He said: "I was under a lot of pressure because I was tagged the favourite and he didn't have anything...
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