Murray heads for Indian Wells after Dubai triumph
– World series one Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates with a championship prize after winning his ATP final tennis compare opposite Spain’s Fernando Verdasco, during a Dubai Duty Free Championships on Mar 4, 2017. PHOTO: AFP
DUBAI: Andy Murray solidified his position during a tip of a rankings by a 6-3, 6-2 softened of Fernando Verdasco to win a Dubai Tennis Championships for a initial time on Saturday.
Murray, 29, claimed a prize in a emirate after finishing runner-up to Roger Federer in 2012.
Now a Scot and his group face a 16-hour moody median around a universe to Los Angeles to prepared for a start of a Indian Wells Masters in reduction than a week.
“It’s approach yet it’s still a prolonged flight, it will take a few days to get over that,” pronounced Murray after claiming his 45th career title.
“This week has given me good movement that we wish to use going to Indian Wells and Miami.”
His win on Saturday authorised Murray to turn a initial British champion in a 25-year story of a Dubai tournament.
He was personification in his seventh final in his final 8 tournaments and 14th final in his final 16 events.
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He binds a healthy points lead over series dual Novak Djokovoic, with a off-form Serb confronting measureless pretension counterclaim vigour in both Indian Wells and Miami over a subsequent 4 weeks.
The Scot is vacant during his winning form stretching behind to final autumn when he done his run to transcend Djokovic for a tip ranking position.
“It’s apparently been a good run. You wish to try and rise and play your best tennis during a Slams, yet we know, giving yourself a lot of matches gives we certainty to go into those large events.
“Conditions, again, are totally opposite than Indian Wells, that is a unequivocally delayed justice with quick balls – a other approach around from here.
“I have to get there and adjust to that. Winning this week is fantastic, we feel good. we was a bit sleepy yesterday, yet we felt a lot softened today.
“I’m perplexing to get to Indian Wells most progressing than we did final year. I’ll arrive on Sunday, that is a good thing.
“Even yet it’s a prolonged trip, it gives me five, 6 days to get prepared before my initial match.”
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Murray softened his record over 35th-ranked left-hander Verdasco to 13 wins and only one loss.
He was personification in his second final of 2017 after losing to Djokovic in circuitously Doha during a opening week of a deteriorate in January.
The initial 3 games of a competition featured breaks of offer before Murray steadied, violation for 5-3 and holding a opening set.
In a second, Murray warranted a 2-1 lead as he eased to victory.
Despite his defeat, Verdasco will lapse to a tip 30 for a initial time given Apr 2015 interjection to his run to a final.
“I consider that apparently we had, if not a toughest competition we can have in a final, afterwards one of them, for sure,” pronounced Verdasco.
“He’s series one in a universe right now. It was apparently a unequivocally formidable final to win, yet we came perplexing all and giving everything.
“I pronounced yesterday that being in a final of a 500 after 5 years is a good week for me and we have to take a certain things.”
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