Andy Murray eases to straight-sets win over Malek Jaziri in Dubai first round
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Updated 28/02/2017 at 17:58 GMT
Andy Murray took just one hour and 20 minutes to see off Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships on Tuesday.
Andy Murray pour sa rentrée à Dubaï.
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The world number one bounced back from the disappointment of his doubles defeat the day before to dispatch his lowly-ranked opponent 6-4 6-1.
Murray joins fellow Brit Dan Evans in the second round after the British No. 2 beat Dustin Brown to tee up a meeting with the enigmatic Gael Monfils.
But there was a shock loss for Stan Wawrinka, with the Swiss star making a disappointing return from a knee injury with a straight sets loss to world No. 77 Damir Dzumhur.
The Bosnian produced a big shock in 2016 when he knocked Tomas Berdych out of the Monte Carlo Masters, but the 24-year-old said this victory is his best yet.
I think this win is bigger, because this win was on a hard court against a player who likes this surface, who won the tournament last year. Against Berdych, it was clay, the one that I like more. You definitely have more chances on clay against Tomas than on hard against Stan. After winning the first game, I started to fight, to grind, and I found some way to play, to stay in the game. Playing longer points was giving me more chances. It’s not easy to finish a game with those players. They know how to play when they are down, when they want to come back. But, yeah, I found a way in the end.
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