British number one Andy Murray displayed his skill and his heart as he claimed his third Masters title with a 6-2 7-5 win over Novak Djokovic in Miami.

The world number four was close to his best as he strolled through the first set with some breathtaking tennis.

But in the second his touch deserted him, and the Scot was forced to battle after going a break down, winning the last five games to emerge victorious.

The win was not enough to take Murray above world number three Djokovic in the rankings, but there was no questioning who was the better player on this occasion.

Afterwards Murray set his sights on winning his first grand slam silverware.

"I'm training very hard to try and do that but there are so many great players just now - Novak, Rafa [Nadal], Roger [Federer] - and they've been dominating the slams for the last few years," he said in the post-match presentation.

"It would be nice to get in there and take one."

Murray was obviously a popular champion with the crowd in a blazing hot Miami, and he said: "I've got a place about 10-15 minutes from here. It's like a second home.

"I got used to the conditions in December, I trained here for four or five weeks to get ready for the season.

"That obviously helped me and I got great support the last few days.

"It was tough. The conditions here are so [tough] - I know sitting there is difficult but running around is pretty tricky too.

"He started to come to the net a lot more and I lost my timing a little bit and I started to find it a little bit difficult towards the end of the second set."

Murray produced two break points in the first game and Djokovic surrendered the second of them, skying a forehand off the frame.

The reply from Murray was ominous for his Serbian opponent, an ace and a deft crosscourt forehand following a net exchange putting him in charge of a game he won to love.

It continued to go Murray's way as Djokovic netted a drive volley to hand the Scot a second break.

The lead soon became 4-0 as Djokovic struggled even to test his opponent, though the Serbian found some respite by winning game five, then claiming his first point on the Murray serve.

A Pete Sampras-style slam dunk and a mesmeric backhand pass kept Murray in control though, before the next Djokovic service game went to deuce.

He held on despite a rash of unforced errors, but it merely delayed the inevitable as Murray again bamboozled the Serbian with more deft play to take the set 6-2.

Djokovic saved two break points at the start of the second with the help of an excellent drop shot, but Murray passed him twice more to take the game after it went to deuce.

That prompted Djokovic to call for the trainer, but he looked unhindered as he immediately broke back and held for a 2-1 lead.

Suddenly it was Murray who was making unforced errors and he netted to hand Djokovic two break points, then went long to give his opponent his third game in a row.

That became four before Murray finally stopped the rot at 4-2 - after facing another break point - but Djokovic was a different player by then and found rhythm on serve to leave Murray 5-2 down.

Murray held before taking Djokovic to deuce and, after saving a couple of set points, finally earned himself a break opportunity which he converted when Djokovic went wide by the narrowest of margins, as a Hawkeye challenge agonisingly demonstrated.

The Scot's serve dragged him through another game to level at 5-5, before some dogged defence and a fortuitous net cord gave him three break points, of which he only needed one.

Djokovic went long from the net to hand Murray another deserved title.

Afterwards Djokovic conceded Murray had been the better player on the day.

"He's been playing terrific tennis in the last year or so," said the Serbian.

"He was playing better tennis than me in the first set.

"I had some chances to win the second set but unfortunately I didn't."