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DUBAI， March 4 (Xinhua) -- World number one Andy Murray defeated Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-3 6-2 Saturday evening to lift the 25th jubilee edition of the Dubai Tennis Championships trophy.


Verdasco took quickly a 3-1 lead in the first set， but a defiant Murray turned the tables and grabbed the lead at 4-3 after just 20 minutes. Murray then broke the Spaniard three times in the second set and eventually took away a check of 532，330 U.S. dollars of the hard court event and a silver trophy in the shape of the traditional Arab sailing boat "Dhow".


"There was a bit of luck involved， it was a tough match， Fernando has one of the best forehands and I found then a way to regain the upper hand，" said the knighted Scotsman after winning his 45th career title.