It was all easy for Andy Murray. The World No. 1 won for the first time in his life the Dubai event and his 45th career title (the first one this year after the loss to Novak Djokovic in Doha), beating Fernando Verdasco for the 13th time on 14 matches played.

In the first three games of the match there were three breaks, one more for Verdasco who went to lead 3-1. From then the British player started to dictact the points, Verdasco played a defensive tennis and Murray won five games in a row.

In the second set Murray controlled the match and lost only one point on 17 played on serve. The World No. 1 won´t have any problem to win the match and the title. The Glasgow native, who had played only once a final at Dubai, in 2012 losing it to Roger Federer, becomes the fourth player this year to win a title saving match points during the tournament after Muller in Sydney, Djokovic in Doha, Estrella Burgos in Quito.

Thanks to this win Murray earns 500 points and has now 2,215 points more than the World No. 1 Novak Djokovic. He will try to increase the gap in Indian Wells and Miami where he has a very few points to defend, while Djokovic won titles in both events last year.