ANDY MURRAY recovered from a set down to land his third Queen's title - ultimately overpowering last year's winner, Marin Cilic, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in two and a half hours.

It was much the same scenario as the day before in the semi-final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – a late start because of the rain and a bit slow off the mark in the first set.

But once Murray had sized up his opponent, he moved smoothly through the gears and as soon as he had his nose in front, the outcome was never seriously in doubt.

The win capped a great week for the Scot, whose back troubles kept him out of the French Open. Maybe missing out on the clay has helped hone the grass court skills even more than normal in the build-up to Wimbledon and on this form, he will take some stopping in SW19.

It says much of just how far Murray has come that the 27 th career title of his career did not carry anything like the sense of excitement his first win here did in 2009 when he defeated James Blake.

He was the number one seed this year and fulfilled that role almost routinely – as befits a player who is the US Open champion, Wimbledon runner-up and Olympic gold medallist.

Murray lost his way in the first set after breaking Cilic immediately and strolling into a 4-1 lead. He gave up his serve to an unforced error and then caused an anxious silence to fall on centre Court when he twisted awkwardly at the back of the court attempting to break back immediately.

At first, it looked as if ankle or groin may have been tweaked, but Murray did not call for a medical time out and was able to continue after a brief pause to regroup.

It did seem to take a little of the edge off his game though, and Cilic punished a short second serve to break again at 6-5 before closing out the set.

The second set was even, apart from one Cilic service game that saw Murray fritter away three break points, but at 6-5, Murray suddenly seized the initiative with a superb cross-court lob into the corner and some superb return of serves to the feet of the Croat saw him steal it.

The momentum now with him, Murray powered on with his best tennis of the week in the third set, breaking early on for a 3-1 lead and Cilic never looked as likely to break back as Murray did to break for a second time.

And so it was that a tournament plagued by rain and chill winds for much of the week ended bathed in warm sunshine and aglow at the sight of a dominant Briton on English lawns.

“I feel good,” Murray said following a cancer charity match he took part in after the final itself.

“I'm a bit tired just now. It's been a long five days. The last couple of days were tough matches, because of the way that the weather worked out, it's been mentally a quite draining week.

“I'll go away and probably take a day off tomorrow and then start hitting on Tuesday but probably quite light and just get myself fresh and work on a couple of things in the build-up to Wimbledon.”