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Murray beats Verdasco to make final

Source: guardian.co.uk Sport

Nov 07, 2009

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Andy Murray(1) v Fernando Verdasco (4) 6-3, 2-6

Andy Murray will bid for his sixth ATP World Tour title of the season tomorrow, after beating Fernando Verdasco to book his place in the final of the inaugural Valencia Open.

The British number one will face unseeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny after a battling 6-3 2-6 6-3 victory over Verdasco. The Spaniard had Murray in trouble at times with his big-hitting, but the 22-year-old's greater consistency eventually proved decisive.

The pair's head-to-head record was comprehensively in the Scot's favour, Verdasco's only victory from their seven previous meetings coming at the Australian Open in January. He subsequently thrashed the world number eight in Miami. But Verdasco has been one of the form players in 2009, and the top seed would have been wary of his opponent's power.

Murray was also playing in his first tournament for more than six weeks because of a wrist injury, and there was no doubt Verdasco looked sharper in the early stages. Indeed, the world number four needed all his defensive abilities to hold on to his fi

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