After Andy Murray was dismissed in straight sets by Roger Federer, some may have thought Murray would have gone back to the drawing board, figuring how to retool his game to beat the number 1 player in the world.  However, the tears that came during the post-match ceremony was only the tip of the iceberg, so it seems, when it came to Murray’s psyche.

Murray took quite a few days off where he didn’t touch a racquet and just rested.  Only recently did he begin going to the gym and train.  Still, he had hoped, with Roger Federer out of the Dubai tournament due to a lung infection, he could make it to the semis or possibly challenge for the title.

This effort was derailed as Janko Tipsarevic, best known for pushing Roger Federer to five sets in the 2008 Australian Open, played aggressive tennis.  Tipsarevic took the first set against Murray in a tiebreak, before Murray squared the match away in the second set.

Tipsy took an early break to lead 3-0 in the third.  At 3-1, Tipsy was down 15-40, but fought off 5 break points to hold serve at 4-1.  Murray held to 4-2, then played a loose return game to give Tipsy the game to 5-2.  Murray held to 5-3 fairly easily.  Then, Murray broke to 5-4.  However, when it came time to hold, Murray found himself down 30-40 and with an aggressive shot, Tipsy approached the net, hit an overhead smash to seal the upset.  Murray, who had been irritated with his play, smashed his racquet, before coming up and shaking his opponent’s hand.

Dubai organizers had to be feeling bad that Murray was out, because Davydenko, who had some injury issues retired against German, Michael Berrer, after losing the first set, 6-3.  Tipsarevic will play Mikhail Youzhny in the next round.  Youzhny has been playing quite well this year.

One more match is scheduled: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga playing Croatian veteran, Ivan Ljubicic.