Andy Murray captured his first title of the year and became the first British man to win the Dubai Tennis Championships in its 25-year history when he defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday.
This was Murray's seventh final in his last eight tournaments, and 14th in his last 16 dating to last May in Madrid.
The only two tournaments he failed to make the final in that period were the 2016 U.S. Open and 2017 Australian Open.
The top-ranked Murray, who was a Dubai finalist in 2012, improved his career record to 13-1 over Verdasco.
Murray became the fourth player this year to win a title having saved match points en route to the title.
Bopanna-Matkowski lose in final
India's Rohan Bopanna and his Polish partner Marcin Matkowski squandered one set advantage to lose to the pair of Horia Tecau and Jean-Julien Rojer in the men's doubles final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships here on Saturday. The Indo-Polish pair lost 6-4, 3-6, 3-10 in a one hour and 19 minute.