"He's a visionary but his approach is very practical, " says long-time friend Simon Murray, head of Asian operations of Deutsche Bank.

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Jefferies signed up Simon Ford, Grant Murray, Tim Clancy and Aime Koudou earlier in the week.

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Murray and Simon have met twice before, both times on clay, with the Frenchman victorious in three sets in Rome last year but Murray winning in straight sets in Hamburg earlier this year.

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