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Lucas Pouille Discusses Form And Dubai Title Chances

After lifting his fifth ATP World Tour trophy in Montpellier and reaching another final last week in Marseille, Dubai resident Lucas Pouille talks about his confidence levels and desire to go all the way to the title at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

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Pouille Clinches 'Revenge' Win Over Khachanov In Dubai

Last week, Lucas Pouille was denied the opportunity to clinch a second title on home soil in three weeks by Karen Khachanov in the Open 13 Provence final in Marseille. On Wednesday, just three days after the loss, the Frenchman found himself on the right side of the score line, beating the 21-year-old 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to book his place in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships quarter-finals. "I knew it would be a tough one," admitted Pouille. "In the final in Marseille, he won just three points more than me. I knew it was very close. I had to play some good tennis... I'm just very happy that I got my revenge today." After letting an early first-set lead...

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Rojer/Tecau Survive Tricky Dubai Opener

Defending champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau survived a tough opening round at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, beating in-form pairing Marcus Daniell and Dominic Inglot 6-3, 6-7(8), 10/7 on Wednesday. The second seeds held two match points in the second-set tiebreak to advance, but were forced into a decisive Match Tie-break by the Open 13 Provence finalists before eventually sealing the win after 90 minutes. Rojer and Tecau move into the quarter-finals where they will meet the winners of the last match on Court 3, with Divij Sharan and Yuichi Sugita taking on Poland's Marcin Matkowski and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan.  Watch Live On TennisTV  Watch Full Match Replays Open 13 Provence champions Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus...

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