Murray remains favourite for ATP Dubai

Scotland's Andy Murray remains the favourite to win the ATP Dubai Tennis Championship despite struggling at times in his opening match against Sergiy Stakhovsky.Murray lost the first set of the match 7-3 on a tiebreak before battling back to win the second 6-3. He was 5-3 up in the third set when Stakhovsky retired due to an ankle injury.Afterwards, Murray claimed that he too was having problems with his ankle and stated that he was going to see his physio for a check-up.However, he remains odds-on to win the competition in the tennis betting ahead of world number three Novak Djokovic, who will play Flavio Cipolla today (February 24th).Andreas Seppi is the third favourite, followed by Gilles Simon and Marin Cilic.Andy Roddick won the tournament last year beating Spain's Feliciano Lopez in three sets in the final.Venus Williams is the current women's champion after her victory earlier this month.

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Posted on:- 24/02/2009 - 14:06 PM
Filed in:- Tennis Betting News