Dubai Championships: Andy Murray saves seven match points

World number one produces the 'best shot of his career' in epic contest against Philipp Kohlschreiber

Andy Murray
British tennis star Andy Murray 
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Andy Murray saved seven match points and negotiated a 38-point tie-break lasting more than half an hour to overcome Philipp Kohlschreiber in an extraordinary quarter-final at the Dubai Duty Free Championships.

The world number one lost the opening set in an 11-point tie-break, but then triumphed 20-18 in the second, which went on for an incredible 31 minutes, before demolishing the world number 29 6-1 in the third set, ending a contest that lasted almost three hours.

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