Doha, 25 Feb. 2023
The world’s 3rd seed Daniil Medvedev, Russian tennis star beat this evening British Tennis star Andy Murray in final of Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha by 6-4, 6-4.
The match between former World No 1s took 1 hr 47 minutes. It was first ever entry in Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2023 of Daniil Medvedev, but 17th successfull Tour level tournament of his career, carried away Golden Falcon Champion Trophy 2023.
Andy Murray lifted 2008 and 2009 Qatar ExxonMobil Open trophies.
Medvedev made a fast start in both sets to complete his victory.
Medvedev talking to media post match said it was a tough match, it was a little bit windy today, so both of us were struggling to find our rhythm, Today was a big fight for both of us. Sometimes we were playing bad, then suddenly both of us were playing amazing, and I’m happy to win.”
Medvedev, first player to clinch back to back singles titles in the ATP 2023 tour season, he triumphed in Rotterdam last week.
“I started to play really good. Serve better, move better. Today it was tough for Andy to put the balls through me many times, and now the question is, can continue ?. I’m going to try as long as I can, he said.
Andy Murray said, ‘It was an incredible week,” who was playing in a record fifth final in Doha. “Obviously it didn’t finish how I wanted, but I had some amazing matches here, created some great memories. It was fantastic to be back in a final here again and against an incredible player today.
“Daniil is one of my favourite players to watch and one of the best players on the Tour. It’s great for me to get that opportunity to play against someone of his level in a final again. [There are] definitely some things to work on, but I’m proud of my week and the work that me and my team have put in to get me back to this stage.”
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