On January 14, Beijing time, the ATP250 Sydney semifinals began to compete, and former world number one Murray met with the American cannon Opelka. After a fierce battle of three sets, Murray reversed after losing the first set, eliminating his opponent 2-1 and reaching the tour final again after 27 months.
Neither side sent a break point in the first 12 sets of the first set, and after each set, the first set went to grab seven. Murray briefly went from 1-5 to 5-5 in the seventh set, but Opelka scored two consecutive points after a six-draw to win the first set seven 8-6.
In the second set, Murray took the lead in the third set to complete the break, and then he saved the serve to take a 3-1 lead. In the 9th set, Operka managed to defuse the final point of the set, but then Murray saved four consecutive runs in the 10th set to win the second set 6-4.
In the 6th set of the decider, Murray defused the break point to save the set, and in the 7th set Opelka defused the two break points to save the serve. In the 9th set, Murray completed a key break on the opponent's serve and came to win the set 5-4. In the 10th set, Murray Love game held on to a successful starter and won the decider 6-4.
In the end, in a three-set battle that took 2 hours and 24 minutes, Murray defeated the world's 25th-ranked Operka in a 6-7 (6)/6-4/6-4 reversal to reach the final of the tournament. This is Murray's second time in the Tour final after 27 months since the 2019 Antwerp station. He will then take on a personal 47th title in the final, where Murray is the winner between Karatsev and Evans.