Andy Murray qualified for the 1/8 finals of the tournament in Dubai, and with a successful victory over Denis Shapovalov managed to make his way to the selected group of the ATP tournament.

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Andy Murray, 500 career win on hard courts

Andy, who is 36 years old and suffering from a long period of injuries, is trying to return to the elite of tennis. By that point, a win against Shapovalov had helped the Scot join an exclusive group of players with 500 career wins on hard courts.

Murray’s name now appears alongside Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal.

It was Andy’s 500th victory on fast courts, and now the Scot’s fifth all-time.

Rating of victories on hard courts, Open Era

1 Roger Federer 783

2 Novak Djokovic 700

3 Andre Agassi 592

4 Rafael Nadal 518

5 Andy Murray 500.

What you need to know about Andy Murray and participation in ATP Dubai

In the 1/8 finals of the ATP 500 tournament, Murray will meet the winner of the match between Gael Monfils (wild card – 54 ATP) and Hugo Humbert (5th seed and 18th ATP).

The Dubai Tennis Championships is an ATP 500 tournament that will be held from February 26 to March 2. The game is played on a hard surface and the total prize pool is $2,941,785. The champion of the title is Daniil Medvedev.

It will be recalled that Andy Murray is a three-time winner of Grand Slam tournaments (Wimbledon 2013, 2016 and US Open 2012) and a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2012, 2016).

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