Novak Djokovic gained his fifteenth consecutive match to begin 2023, because the top-seeded Serbian beat fifth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday within the quarterfinals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships within the United Arab Emirates.
Djokovic by no means confronted a break level whereas enhancing to 5-0 in his head-to-head collection with Hurkacz. The 22-time Grand Slam champion dominated together with his serve, successful 80.6 % (29 of 36) of his first-serve factors and 78.9 % (15 of 19) of his second-serve factors.
Up subsequent for Djokovic is a semifinal matchup in opposition to third-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev, who routed eighth-seeded Croatian Borna Coric 6-3, 6-2.
The different semifinal will function second-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia, who superior with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory over the Netherlands’ Botic van de Zandschulp, and seventh-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany, a 7-5, 6-4 winner over Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego.
Movistar Chile Open
Tomas Martin Etcheverry pulled out a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over second-seeded Francisco Cerundolo in an all-Argentine second-round match in Santiago.
Etcheverry wanted 5 match factors to seal the win and advance to the quarterfinals of an ATP Tour occasion for the second time ever. He acquired to the quarterfinals in Buenos Aires, Argentina, final month.
Third-seeded Sebastian Baez of Argentina rolled to a 6-4, 6-3 win over Chilean wild-card entrant Cristian Garin. Sixth-seeded Laslo Djere of Serbia defeated Italy’s Riccardo Bonadio 7-5, 7-5, and Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic eked out a 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (2) victory over Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo.
–Field Level Media