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HANDY

MAN

Andy Murray of Great Britain
reacts after he got a point
against Malek Jaziri of Tuni-
sia during the Dubai Tennis
Championships in Dubai, Unit-
ed Arab Emirates, Tuesday,
Feb. 28, 2017.
Associated Press
Murray eases

to 1st round

victory in

Dubai

SANDRA HARWITT
Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emir-
ates (AP) — Andy Murray
may be coming off a bout
of shingles, but he looked
in good shape during a
6-4, 6-1 first round victory
over Malik Jaziri at the
Dubai Tennis Champion-
ships on Tuesday. The top-
ranked Murray was playing
his first match since being
upset by Mischa Zverev in
the Australian Open fourth
round last month.
Murray said that his moth-
er-in-law was the first to
suggest he had shingles,
which a doctor confirmed
the next day.
“I had a little bit of a rash
basically like on my bum
‘round to kind of my stom-
ach, and it wasn’t, like, ter- Behind Kevin Durant, Warriors down Sixers
rible,” Murray said. “I didn’t
think much of it at the be-
ginning, and then it was
actually my wife’s mum, Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant, center, goes
we were having dinner, up for the dunk during the first half of an NBA bas-
and I was, like, ‘This is really ketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Mon-
irritating. day, Feb. 27, 2017, in Philadelphia. Associated Press
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