On February 23, Beijing time, the second round of the ATP500 Dubai station began to compete, and Murray, who participated with a wild card, met with the No. 4 seed Sinar. The two sides had a one-time encounter in Stockholm last year, when Murray won in straight sets. Today's match, Sinar was even better, defeating Murray in two straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament.
In the first four sets of the first set, both sides managed to save their own serves, and in the 5th set Murray saved two consecutive break points to save serves. In the 11th set, Murray lost four consecutive points in his own serve and was broken, and in the 12th set, Sina successfully saved the serve to win the set and win the first set 7-5.
Murray was broken from the start of the second set, and in the second set, Sina took a 2-0 lead. In the 3rd set, Murray defused the break point to hold the serve, and Sinar took a 3-1 lead after successfully holding the serve in the 4th set. The two were locked in a bitter battle in the Murray serve in the fifth set, with Sina successfully cashing in on the fourth break point, and then Sina saved the serve and then took a 5-1 lead. In the 8th set, Sina easily saved the break to win the game and win the second set 6-2.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 42 minutes, the No. 4 seed Sinar defeated former world number one Murray 7-5, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament. In the next round, Sina will face No. 5 seed Hulkach, who eliminated Morcan in straight sets to advance. Murray was sadly out of the game, missing his 700th career win.