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Murray Sets Verdasco Dubai Final Showdown

Andy Murray returned to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final with a commanding 7-5, 6-1 victory over Lucas Pouille on Friday. The World No. 1 is targeting his first ATP World Tour title of the season in his third tournament appearance. The Scot began the year reaching the final in Doha (l. Djokovic), before a fourth round showing at the Australian Open (l. M. Zverev). Both players endured prolonged quarter-final contests, with Murray saving a career-high seven match points to edge past Philipp Kohlschreiber in two hours and 54 minutes, but the Scot was able to recover to quickly build a 3-0 lead over the Frenchman. Seventh seed Pouille, now without a set in four matches against Murray, was...

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