“I had some amazing matches, created some great memories. “Daniil is one of my favourite players to watch and one of the best players on the tour,” he said.Ĭommenting on his performances in Qatar, Murray added: “It was an incredible week. Murray was also in complementary mood despite his loss. Twenty minutes later you were in the tiebreak!” I started doing my last exercises when it was 5-4, 40-0.

“First of all I’d like to say how much I appreciated today, playing against Andy,” Medvedev said following his victory and referred to Murray’s incredible semi-final win over Jiri Lehecka. With Medvedev serving for the match Murray held off one championship point and pushed the Russian all the way in the final rally but could not produce the upset as Medvedev sealed the win after 106-minutes to collect his 17th career title with his ninth consecutive singles win. Unfortunately Medvedev retaliated and, by keeping the ball deep and the Scot away from any net control, he broke Murray to go 5-4 up. Medvedev went up 4-1 quickly and there was a glimpse of a possible recovery as Murray broke back but Medvedev held his nerve to prevent the Brit from reproducing another of his now famous comebacks.īut while Murray refused to roll over, it was Medvedev who was able to carry the momentum forward into the second set where he broke Murray in the opening game and take an early lead but terrier-like, Murray held on and broke the Russian to level at 3-3 and even stepped ahead for 4-3. The 35-year-old Scot had played over ten hours of tennis in four matches – all going to a deciding set – to reach the final while his 27-year-old Muscovite opponent had only played three matches as third seed having arrived in Doha after picking up the Rotterdam tournament last Sunday.įrom the sart it looked as if Murray would be having to dig deep to make an impression as he staved off four break points in the opening game which lasted 8-minutes only to then lose his serve. It’s great for me to get that opportunity to play somebody (Medvedev) on that level, some things to work on. It was fantastic to be back in the final. I had some amazing matches, created some great memories. The Marathon Man’s run had to come to an end sometime and it did with Andy Murray running out of steam in the final of the Qatar Exxonmobil Open in Doha where Daniil Medvedev prevailed in straight sets to claim the title for the first time. Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window).Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window).Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window).Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window).

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