Andy Murray LIVE: Tennis result and final score from Roberto Bautista Agut match at Qatar Open

This is the second of three tournaments Murray has signed up for this month.

After defeating Alexander Bublik in the first round in Rotterdam, Murray was defeated by Felix Auger-Aliassime, who went on to win the tournament.

He now faces Bautista Agut in Doha after defeating Taro Daniel in the opening round, with the Qatar Open an ATP 250 tournament.

Murray also plans to play in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships next week after accepting a wildcard for the main draw.

After that, the 34-year-old could head to the United States with two ATP Masters tournaments schedule at Indian Wells and Miami in March.

Ranked 16 in the world, Roberto Bautista Agut is a previous champion at the Qatar Open, having won the tournament in Doha back in 2019.

The 33-year-old is the number 2 seed at the tournament and received a bye into the second round.

After reaching the final of the ATP Cup with Spain, Bautista Agut was knocked out of the Australian Open at the third-round stage last month.

Bautista Agut’s victory over Murray at the 2019 Australian Open came after three previous defeats to the Scot.

The last time Andy Murray faced Roberto Bautista Agut, it looked as if they three-time grand slam champion was playing his last ever match in the sport.

But over three years later, Murray is still fighting on as he continues to try and improve his world ranking ahead of another shot at Wimbledon later this year.

Murray was defeated by Bautista Agut across five epic sets in the Australian Open first round in 2019, just hours after he suggested he was close to retiring from the sport.

Dan Evans is also in action in the Round of 16, facing Spaniard Davidovich Fokina, while Basilashvili takes on Ymer.

There have been some results already too, as Shapovalov and Rinderknech book their places in the quarter-finals.

While Cilic is a set up against Van de Zandschulp and it is 1-1 in sets between Kwon and Fucsovics.

“Obviously the results from 12 years ago aren’t going to affect the results this week,” Murray said.

“But what it tells me is that the conditions here are good for my game, so if I can play to a good level, the courts are going to suit me here and I’ll make it difficult for everyone I play against.

“He [Daniel] played very well in Australia. He had a very good run there and was too good for me there.

“I tried to be the one dictating from the first point and I thought I did that well. It was one of the better matches I’ve played in recent months.”