
Aussie tennis journeyman Chris O'Connell came close to achieving one of the finest victories of his career, but could not quite overcome three-time grand slam champion Andy Murray in the Dubai Championships.
The 27-year-old from Sydney's Northern Beaches had four break points to go 5-4 up, and serve for the match, in the final set, but the veteran Scot managed, in his own words, 'to tough it out in the end'.