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Andy Murray fought off four break points serving at 4-all in the third set and eventually snuck past Australian qualifier Christopher O’Connell, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-5, after two hours and 51 minutes in Dubai on Monday, and the victory puts him within striking distance of a big career milestone.

Murray’s win over O’Connell was the 699th tour-level win of his career.

The three-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1, who just a few weeks ago broke back into the Top 100 for the first time since coming back from hip surgery in 2018, is on the verge of becoming just the 18th man in the entire Open Era—and the fourth active male player—to reach 700.

MOST CAREER WINS FOR A MAN IN THE OPEN ERA (tour-level)
1,274: Jimmy Connors
1,251: Roger Federer
1,068: Ivan Lendl
1,038: Rafael Nadal (going into Acapulco this week)
990: Novak Djokovic (including 1st Rd win in Dubai on Monday)
951: Guillermo Vilas
908: Ilie Nastase
883: John McEnroe
870: Andre Agassi
801: Stefan Edberg
793: Arthur Ashe
779: Stan Smith
762: Pete Sampras
734: David Ferrer
722: Manuel Orantes
713: Boris Becker
702: Brian Gottfried
699: Andy Murray (including 1st Rd win in Dubai on Monday)

Murray will have his shot at win No. 700 in the second round on Wednesday, as he takes on either Jannik Sinner or Alejandro Davidvich Fokina—the Italian and the Spaniard play their first-round match on Tuesday.

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'People keep telling me to keep playing as long as you can, nothing will replace it [tennis]'@andy_murray on what tennis means to him 😊#DDFTennis pic.twitter.com/PZk7GOL7UG
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) February 21, 2022

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