Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau lifted their 17th tour-level doubles title as a team on Saturday, beating wild cards Jamie Cerretani and Leander Paes 6-2, 7-6(2) to retain their Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships trophy. "With each match we got better," reflected Tecau. "We had tough quarter-finals and semi-finals matches. We are happy to get the win today because it was a tricky match." The defending champions backed up their 2017 title run (d. Bopanna/Matkowski) by breaking their opponents on three occasions and winning 75 per cent of their service points in the 87-minute clash. The Dutch-Romanian team ended Cerretani and Paes’ seven-match unbeaten streak as a pair at all levels. The title marks Rojer’s 26th tour-level doubles title, while...
Watch highlights as Roberto Bautista Agut defeats Lucas Pouille to earn his first ATP World Tour 500-level title at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Photo Credit: Tom Dulat/Getty Images. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Watch highlights as Roberto Bautista Agut, Malek Jaziri, Lucas Pouille and Filip Krajinovic battle into the Dubai 2018 semi-finals. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Lucas Pouille reached his third final in four ATP World Tour tournaments with victory on a wet Friday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The in-form Frenchman, who is now 11-2 since an Australian Open first-round exit (l. to Bemelmans) in January, hit 16 aces to knock out seventh-seeded Serbian Filip Krajinovic 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-6(4) in two hours and 19 minutes. The 24-year-old Pouille now has an opportunity to break into the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings (at No. 10) for the first time. He is currently two spots off his career-high of No. 13 in the ATP Rankings (8 May 2017). Last month, he captured the Open Sud de France title (d. Gasquet) and five days ago...
