After the resignation of several top Dubai Open players, including Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Nick Kyrgios and Gael Monfils, the first day on Monday started with some surprises. In the first game of the tournament, the young Spanish qualifier defeated Bernebe Zapata Miralles the Australian John Millman in 80 minutes with 6: 4, 6: 4.
Met in the following game Richard Gasquet on Marco Cecchinato. This was his first game on the tour and the French defeated the Italian 6: 4, 6: 2 in 70 minutes. Surprised in the night session Jeremy Chardy the number 9 seed Alex de Miñaur, with 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 44 minutes.
Chardy lost to Daniel Evans in the first round in Doha, but reached the quarter-finals in Rotterdam a week earlier and made a great match against Andrey Rublev, the Frenchman who eventually lost in three tight sets.
Jan-Lennard Struff ended the streak of bad luck and advanced into the second round
World number 39 Jan-Lennard Struff started the year at the Antalya tournament, where he reached the quarterfinals before losing to Jeremy Chardy in the third set.
He traveled from Turkey to Melbourne, where he had to undergo a strict quarantine before playing in the ATP Cup, where he played great games in both singles and doubles that helped Germany reach the semi-finals.
At the Australian Open he unfortunately lost in the first round against the Australian Christopher O’Connell in straight sets. After this heavy defeat, Struff decided on the Marseille Open 13, where he also lost in straight sets in the first round against his compatriot Peter Gojowczyk.
From France he traveled to the Netherlands to take part in the Rotterdam Open, where he lost again in the first round, this time against the Belgian David Goffin 6: 4, 6: 0. Fortunately for the German tennis player, the losing streak began interrupted this Monday in the first round in Dubai after defeating Kazakhs Mikhail Kukushkin 6: 3, 6: 2 in 72 minutes.
The next opponent for the number 39 in the world will be the young Canadian Denis Shapovalov (Number 3 seeds) be. This is the first game scheduled for 2pm Dubai time on Tuesday. Further results of the day in the first round of Dubai: Marton Fucsovics defeated Vasek Pospisil 2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina defeated Radu Albot 6: 4, 6: 4, Lloyd Harris defeated Christopher O’Connell 6: 7 (5), 6: 4, 6: 1, Emil Ruusuvuori defeated Jordan Thompson 6: 3, 7: 6 (5) and Aljaz Body defeated qualifier Yuki Bhambri 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Photo credit: Getty Images
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