Federer overcame Murray and won for the fifth time ATP title in Dubai.

Former world number one again showed his best side and stayed with the final of the emirate. beat the Scot 7-5, 6-4 to be crowned for the second time this year.

Roger Federer won on Saturday its fifth title in Dubai by defeating in the final British Andy Murray 7-5, 6-4 in 1 hour and 36 minutes. That way I got repeated two weeks ago in Rotterdam and reached the spectacular figure of 72 tournament wins in his career.

Murray, one of the few that has a balance in favor with Federer, even after this defeat, he wanted to take another hit as the semi-final against Novak Djokovic, the world number one. The Briton was aggressive from the start and with 3-2 in favor had two break points, the first two that gave Federer in the first round against Frenchman Michael Llodra. The Swiss, nevertheless saved.

And with the game 5-5, Federer took advantage of his opportunity. Wasted in principle a service of 40-0 with Murray, but in the fifth break point of winning the game and then sealed the set 7-5 .

The Scot felt the blow and returned to give his serve Federer, who escaped in the second set 3-1. But then Murray has achieved what seemed impossible after 66 straight games won on serve (from Rotterdam semifinals against Russian Nikolay Davydenko), the Swiss gave a break .

Murray seemed to stretch the game, but with 4-4, again at the decisive moment of the set, Federer broke, and with his serve and thanks to a winning drive in the second match point initialed the game and his fifth title at the Sheihk look Mohamed, the highest authority of the Emirate of Dubai.

" It was a nice win. It is a very difficult tournament, with many of the best in the Top-10 and Andy did a great victory (against Djokovic) to be in the final. I had a great start to the season and already had a good ending in 2011, I hope to continue like this, "Federer said after the victory.

Since the U.S. Open in September , Federer has won 33 of the 35 games played : only yielded to the Spanish Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the Australia Open and Davis Cup against American John Isner.