DUBAI: British tennis legend Andy Murray has confirmed his participation at this month’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, accepting a second-consecutive wildcard and adding yet more quality to a men’s field that already features eight of the world’s top 20 male players.
The annual two-week championships, which starts with the yearly WTA event, is scheduled to run from Feb. 19 to March 4. While capturing three Grand Slam titles is a huge part of Murray’s successful tennis career, the Scot reached world No.
1 in 2016 and made history at that year’s Olympic Games when he became the only player to win back-to-back gold medals in tennis singles.
A two-time finalist in Dubai, Murray defeated Fernando Verdasco in 2017 to lift the trophy, before a series of injuries saw him slip down the world rankings.