Doha champion Rublev dumped out in round one in Dubai
Quentin Halys edged out Andrey Rublev 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) on Tuesday afternoon and will face Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in the next round
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Andrey Rublev experienced the highs and lows of tennis on Tuesday as he was beaten in the first round at the Dubai Open, knocked out 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) by French qualifier Quentin Halys.
The third seed had no time to celebrate his 17th ATP Tour title in Doha, secured on Saturday, and insult was added to injury as he was edged out by the Frenchman at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Tuesday afternoon.
Halys, ranked No 77, will play Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut next. It’s the first top 10 win of his career.
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Dubai ATP 500, other first-round results (Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.237.670, most recent results first):
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Gael Monfils vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Ugo Humbert: tuesday
- Roman Safiullin vs. Tallon Griekspoor: tuesday
- Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Alexander Bublik: 7-6 (7), 6-7 (4), 6-3
- Marin Cilic beat Alex De Minaur (2): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
- Nuno Borges beat Arthur Fils (8): 6-2, 6-1
- Luca Nardi (LL) beat Marton Fucsovics (Q): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (4) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Zizou Bergs beat Aziz Dougaz (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Karen Khachanov beat Daniel Evans (WC): 6-1, 6-3
- Alexei Popyrin beat Hady Habib (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Fabian Marozsan: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
