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Medvedev, Berrettini advance in Dubai
  • February 26, 2025
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Medvedev, Berrettini advance in Dubai

Top seed Daniil Medvedev ensured he did not fall at the first hurdle on a day of upsets on Tuesday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The 29-year-old earned a hard-fought 6-4, 7-6(4) win over Jan-Lennard Struff to advance to the second round at the ATP 500. The 2023 Dubai champion, Medvedev came up

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Zverev begins quest for first title in 2025 with victory in Mexico
  • February 26, 2025
  • 3 min read

Zverev begins quest for first title in 2025 with victory in Mexico

Top seed Alexander Zverev fought off a stern test from Italian Matteo Arnaldi to begin his campaign at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC on Tuesday. The 2021 champion, who arrived in Acapulco following a two-week stint on South American clay, adapted to the humid, hard-court conditions and found his rhythm as the match

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Tsitsipas continues superb run in Dubai to reach second round
  • February 24, 2025
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Tsitsipas continues superb run in Dubai to reach second round

Stefanos Tsitsipas has found his best level at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in the past, reaching finals at the ATP 500 event in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Returning to the hard-court event for the first time in five years, the Greek tasted success once again on Monday when he moved past Italian Lorenzo

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Mirra Andreeva rises to World No. 4 on PIF Race to the WTA Finals leaderboard
  • February 24, 2025
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Mirra Andreeva rises to World No. 4 on PIF Race to the WTA Finals leaderboard

Following her record-breaking WTA 1000 title over the weekend at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, history-maker Mirra Andreeva leaped more than 15 places to sit at No. 4 on this week’s PIF Race to the WTA Finals Leaderboard. On Saturday, the 17-year-old became the youngest player to win a WTA 1000 tournament after her

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Rublev downs Draper to win second Qatar Open title in Doha
  • February 22, 2025
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Rublev downs Draper to win second Qatar Open title in Doha

Andrey Rublev cemented his status as a two-time champion at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha on Saturday. The fifth seed resisted a resurgence from Jack Draper in the final at the hard-court ATP 500 to prevail 7-5, 5-7, 6-1. Rublev, who also earned an ATP 250 triumph in the city in 2020, kept his

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