The world number one, Serbian Novak Djokovic, put an end to Huber Hokacz’s ambitions to give Poland the historically first title in the Dubai Tennis Championships for men, after the Serbian won in two sets without a response (6-3 and 7-5), in a match that brought them together yesterday, in The quarter-finals of the 31st edition, which is currently being held at the “Dubai Duty Free” stadiums in the Garhoud area, and the curtain falls on it tomorrow, Saturday.
Djokovic took an extra step closer to achieving his sixth title in “Tennis Dubai” by qualifying for the semi-finals, during which he will meet today the winner of the meeting of world number seven, Russian Daniel Medvedev, against Croatian Borna Coric, ranked 20 in the world, which took place late yesterday evening. Russian Andrei Rublev, ranked sixth in the world, successfully continued his campaign to defend his title, by defeating Dutchman Bottich van de Zandsholb, ranked 33 in the world, in two sets without a response (6-3, 7-3).
Rublev will meet today in the semi-finals with German Alexander Zverev, ranked 16th in the world, after the German succeeded in defeating Italian Lorenzo Sonego, ranked 67th in the world, with two clean sets (7-5, 6-4).
