Dubai Open: Popyrin eases through to second round
Alexei Popyrin won against Hady Habib 6-2, 6-4 on Monday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Croat Marin Cilic and Australian Alex De Minaur, the second seed, in the next round
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Australian Alexei Popyrin reached the second round of the Dubai Open by defeating Lebanese wildcard Hady Habib 6-2, 6-4 at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Monday.
Popyrin, ranked No 27, will face the winner of the match between Croat Marin Cilic and Australian Alex De Minaur, the second seed, next.
Dubai ATP 500, other first-round results (Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 3.237.670, most recent results first):
- Marin Cilic vs. Alex De Minaur
- Alexander Bublik vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Arthur Fils vs. Nuno Borges
- Quentin Halys vs. Andrey Rublev
- Luca Nardi vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Gael Monfils vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Ugo Humbert
- Roman Safiullin vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Daniel Evans vs. Karen Khachanov
- Aziz Dougaz vs. Zizou Bergs
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Roberto Bautista Agut: monday
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