Murray dragged the big-serving Kyrgios into a five-minute shootout, which ended in dramatic fashion when the Australian's last forehand hit the net seconds before the final buzzer, giving Murray a 7-5 win in the shootout.
"Personally, I hadn't won a match this week," said Murray. "I lost a couple of close ones in the first day."
Murray said he and the rest of the Manila Mavericks "wanted to try and win to finish the weekend."
"I thought everyone performed better," he said. "The attitude of the team was very good throughout."
Murray won't play in any of the other legs of the IPTL, which moves to Singapore, New Delhi, and then Dubai. Instead, he is set to start his preparations for the first Slam of the year, the Australian Open.
"The immediately plan is obviously the Australian Open," Murray said. "I start training for that in about five or six days, I'm going to Miami. I've got about six weeks before the beginning of the tournament, so that's the immediate goal."
Murray won the Wimbledon in 2013 but had an up-and-down season in 2014 as he struggled to recover from his back injury. He failed to defend his Wimbledon title but saw his form improved late in the season, making it to the ATP World Tour Finals.
"It was tough. There were some good moments and some bad moments," Murray said of his 2014 campaign. "You go through that in sport. It's not always perfect, not always how you want it."
"You need to accept that, you need to respect that as well," he said. "In the beginning of the year, I was finding that difficult to handle, coming back from the back surgery. But as the year went on, I started to deal with it better, and my form improved."
"I hope next year, I can play my best tennis again."
Murray reached the finals of the Australian Open in 2013, losing to Novak Djokovic.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
