DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) " Andy Murray saved seven match points before beating Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-7 (4), 7-6 (18), 6-1 to reach the Dubai Tennis Championships semifinals on Thursday. The second-set tiebreaker " 31 minutes, 6 seconds long " produced all the high-intensity drama tennis can offer, featuring the seven match points for Kohlschreiber before Murray prevailed on an eighth set point. Kohlschreiber couldn't keep the momentum going against Murray in the third set, which ended up being one-minute shorter than the second-set tiebreaker. Pouille needed three match points to defeat Russian qualifier Evgeny Donskoy 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (2). The first two match points came on Donskoy's serve in the 10th game of the third set.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 02, 2017 16:07 UTC