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Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas did not win a single match because the defending champion of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, falling to the person who preceded him because the champion within the United Arab Emirates.
France’s Ugo Humbert beat Tsitsipas 6-4, 7-5 on Tuesday in first-round motion.
Humbert saved all three break factors he confronted in a match that noticed the gamers practically equal one another statistically. Humbert completed with a 7-6 edge in aces, Tsitsipas dedicated yet another unforced error than his foe (20-19), and every participant totaled 16 winners.
Second-seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan, third-seeded Daniil Medvedev and fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia, and sixth-seeded Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic gained in straight units. Seventh-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov and eighth-seeded Czech Jiri Lehecka each rallied from one set right down to prevail in three.
The United States’ Jenson Brooksby, Spanish qualifier Pablo Carreno Busta, the Netherlands’ Tallon Griekspoor, Australia’s Alexei Popyrin and France’s Arthur Rinderknech additionally superior.
BCI Seguros Chile Open
Eighth-seeded Alejandro Tabilo emerged on high in an all-Chilean matchup, defeating Tomas Barrios Vera 7-5, 6-3 within the first spherical at Santiago, Chile.
Tabilo fired seven aces and had no double faults, whereas Barrios Vera logged twice as many double faults as aces (4-2).
Emilio Nava upset sixth-seeded Matteo Berrettini of Italy 6-3, 6-4, with the U.S. participant saving all three break factors he confronted. Chile’s Cristian Garin, the 2021 Santiago champion, rallied previous Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Also incomes first-round wins had been Lithuania’s Vilius Gaubas, Denmark’s Elmer Moller, Argentina’s Mariano Navone and Thiago Agustin Tirante, and Paraguayan qualifier Adolfo Daniel Vallejo.
–Field Level Media