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Heartbreak for Murray
24 February 2010, British hope Andy Murray suffered a heartbreaking defeat on a day when Nikolay Davydenko, who fights for every point, too made a painful exit with a wrist injury.
Murray, the world number 4, had no answers to Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic who played some mesmerising tennis on the Show Court.
Tipsarevic reached the quarter-finals of the $2 million Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships with a thrilling 7-6 4-6 6-4 win over Australian Open runner-up Murray.
Earlier, top seed Novak Djokovic was given a mighty scare by a childhood friend. Serbia’s Viktor Troicki (world number 35) gave his all and even managed to stun compatriot Djokovic by taking the first set during their second round match of the $2 million Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships. But eventually the world number two’s superior game made the difference as he reached the quarters with a 3-6 6-4 6-2 victory at the Dubai Tennis Stadium.
Unlike Djokovic, Davydenko’s wrist didn’t allow him to even think about a staging a fight-back after losing the first set (3-6) to German journeyman Michael Berrer.
Berrer, who reached his first ever ATP final in Zagreb few weeks ago, will play his quarter-final against former Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis.
The Cypriot (world number 37) had to play a tough three-setter (6-3 3-6 6-1) against Indian qualifier Somdev Devvarman to reach the last 8.
On Wednesday, only one seeded player was not bothered about anything. A feisty Austrian and an unforgiving sun failed to trouble Croatia’s world number 9 Marin Cilic. The Australian Open semifinalist was too good for Stefan Koubek as he entered the quarters with a fluent 6-2 7-6 win.
“Yeah, I opened the match pretty well. I won the first set pretty comfortably,” a delighted Cilic said after the match.
Unlike Cilic, defending champion Djokovic didn’t have such a nice luxury on Wednesday. The 2008 Australian Open champion had to fight hard for a win during his tough three-setter.
“I wasn’t happy with the performance overall today,” admitted Djokovic after the match.
“But I won, that’s what matters. He was a better player for a set and a half.
“And the conditions were quite different, really. I think this is one of the rare tournaments that you really feel big, big difference between the day match and night match. The balls go really much faster, and as soon as the shade came on the court, you know, I felt I could control my game. So in the end, I managed to win.”
Djokovic says it’s very important for him to do well in Dubai. “Last year winning in Dubai helped me a lot to regain my confidence. And after that I had an amazing summer season on clay. So I will try to do the same.”
Former Dubai runner-up Mikhail Youzhny of Russia recovered from a tough three-set win against Slovak Lukas Lacko on Tuesday night.
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