Andy Murray stays humble after joining Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal in unique milestone

Andy Murray was certainly not one to brag after joining some of tennis' greats with his 500th hard court win.

The three-time Grand Slam champion beat Denis Shapovalov 4-6 7-6 6-3 in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Monday.

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This was just a second victory of 2024 for Murray after his exit from the Qatar Open last week.

It was his 500th on a hard court, a feat that Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal have also reached.

And when asked about joining such legends on that list, Murray remained humble but still recognised his achievement.

"Yeah, it's not bad," he said with a cheeky grin. "Obviously hard courts has been a great surface for me over the years. And yeah, 500 is a lot of matches so I'm very proud of that.

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"Obviously the list that you've given, there's not many players that have done that, so great to get to 500 before I'm done."

Murray is just the fifth player to reach 500 tour-level wins on a hard court in the Open Era.

Federer leads the way on 783 victories with Djokovic second on 700, Agassi third with 592 and Nadal fourth on 517.

Now 36, Murray is playing in the twilight years of a career that has seen him claim 735 wins, the 14th most in tennis history.

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Despite his age, he recently hinted that he is not close to calling it quits after angrily reacting to an article written about him.

It was suggested that he is tarnishing his legacy by continuing to play but he took to social media to claim that he will 'keep fighting'.

And he has now confirmed his intentions for the rest of the year, with an eye on competing at the Olympics.

"Hopefully I can get the chance to compete at another one [Olympics]," Murray said.

"When the time is right I will probably say something before I play my last match and my last tournament.

"Whether I say anything months ahead of the time I don't know."

Murray went on to face Ugo Humbert in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships.

But he was unfortunately beaten in straight sets as he was denied the chance to win his 35th ATP title on a hard surface.