A match-up that was tough on paper lived up to expectations at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday when third seeds Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram edged past experienced pair Marcel Granollers and Nedad Zimonjic. The Croatian-American duo advanced to the quarter-finals 6-7(4), 6-2, 10-6. Dodig and Ram held a set point at 5-4 only to lose the opening set in a tie-break before they broke twice to send the contest into a match tie-break. It was then they surged to 5/1 before sealing a quarter-final meeting with Dutchmen Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop. Dodig and Ram had reached the semi-finals in Rotterdam in their most recent outing together while it was the Spanish-Serbian pair’s first event together....
Watch highlights as Roberto Bautista Agut and Lucas Pouille advance at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Wednesday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships photo.
Malek Jaziri completed the biggest win of his career at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, coming from a set down to beat top seed Grigor Dimitrov 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday night. It was his first victory over an opponent in the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings (1-10 lifetime). Jaziri, who reached the quarter-finals in 2014 (l. to Kohlschreiber), won 78 per cent of points behind his first serve and saved seven of the eight break points he faced to reach the last 16. “[It is a] great feeling today, to win my first [match against a] Top 5 player,” reflected Jaziri. “I am really happy for that. I tried to fight every point since the beginning. It...
Watch Hot Shot as Lucas Pouille strikes an unlikely backhand winner past a net-rushing Ernests Gulbis on Tuesday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Borna Coric expresses his delight at beating Richard Gasquet on Tuesday to reach the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships second round. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.