Murray progresses in Dubai

Andy Murray has come through his first round match against Igor Kunitsyn 6-2 6-3 at the Dubai Tennis Championships.

In his first match since reaching the final at the Australian Open, Murray started off slowly saving break points before holding serve. Then came an extraordinary game that lasted 24 minutes in which neither player could string enough points together to win the game. Murray was finally able to break at the ninth opportunity.

The set then slowly but comfortably went with serve until Kunitsyn served at 2-5. Murray found himself with another break point, and this time a set point, which he converted.

A double fault break point down in the opening game of the second set handed the Russian an early break but Murray inevitably broke back immediately. Another break of the Kunitsyn serve towards the end of the set helped the third seed secure victory.