Andy Murray continued his bid to overhaul Novak Djokovic as world No 1 at the ATP Paris Masters with a comfortable 6-3 6-0 victory against Frenchman Lucas Pouille. The Scot needs to at least reach the final in Paris if he is to stand a chance of topping the rankings on Monday and become the first British player to be ranked No 1 in singles. Second Paris win for Djokovic Novak Djokovic eliminated Grigor Dimitrov at Paris Masters It was a 17th win in a row for the 29-year-old, who is aiming to win a fourth straight title after winning trophies in Beijing, Shanghai and Vienna last week. Bidding to end Djokovics 122-week run at the top of the rankings, Murray told Sky Sports: Its always difficult when you come to a new event with not long to prepare. I returned well, I was hitting the ball cleaner from the back of the court and was able to dictate a few more points. Murray gives his reaction after putting on an impressive display in Paris My goal, obviously this year, is to try and finish it as strong as possible and the best way to do it is to concentrate on myself.Murray fended off two early break points in the opening game before breaking the young Frenchman to silence the enthusiastic Parisian crowd. Murray pulled off this remarkable winner in his straight-sets victory over Pouille At 4-2, 13th seed Pouille struck back thanks to a majestic passing shot down the line, but his all-out attacking style cost him in the next with Murray happily taking advantage, before comfortably serving out the set.It was more of the same in the next set with Murray back on song after being tested during an energy-sapping second round clash against Fernando Verdasco on Wednesday. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. The Wimbledon champion broke three further times for a bagel set and a comfortable cruise into the last eight. He faces Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals on Friday, live on Sky Sports after the Czech defeated Gilles Simon 6-4 6-3 with 28 winners and a dozen aces in 68 minutes. Murray v Djokovic: The race is on Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic: Their previous meetings Murray will become world No 1 if he reaches the final and Djokovic fails to reach the semi-finals or if the Brit wins the tournament and the Serb does not reach the final. Check our game-by-game updates from Andy Murrays matches at the Paris Masters and ATP World Tour Finals from London skysports.com/tennis, our app for mobile devices and iPad and our Twitter account @skysportstennis. Also See: How Murray beat Pouille... Race To London: Runners & Riders Murray v Djokovic: The race is on Tennis on Sky . a€“ All signs point to the Maple Leafs having their top offseason acquisition in the lineup on opening night. . We wonder if the price of a Roberts rookie card has at least gone up a few cents? Tribute Tweets #Padres Tony Gwynn had 287 career plate appearances against #Braves trio of Maddux, Glavine, & Smoltz, he hit .
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