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Paris: Andy Murray stepped up his assault on Novak Djokovic&rsquo;s World No. 1 ranking by thrashing Lucas Pouille to ease into quarters of the Paris Masters on Thursday.
Murray reeled off the final eight games as he dispatched French 13th seed Pouille 6-3, 6-0 to extend his winning streak to 17 matches.
&ldquo;I thought I returned well today. I had chances in almost all of his service games throughout the match. And on this surface, obviously when it&rsquo;s a bit quicker, that&rsquo;s good,&rdquo; said Murray. &ldquo;I felt tired (this morning) because it was a late finish (from Wednesday night when Murray defeated Fernando Verdasco) but I felt all right once I got going,&rdquo; added the second seed.
The Scot has won three straight tournaments &mdash; in Beijing, Shanghai and Vienna -- to drastically close the gap on Djokovic and must at least reach the final in Paris to stand a chance of displacing the Serb.

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Andy Murray stepped up his assault on Novak Djokovic&rsquo;s World No. 1 ranking by thrashing Lucas Pouille to ease into quarters of the Paris Masters on Thursday

Ruthless Andy Murray on track for No.1 ranking

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