
The ATP is coming to the UAE for the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships running from March 14th - 20th featuring a very strong field headlined by Thiem and Rublev.
The first day at the 2021 ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships is on Sunday and it will feature six main draw matches with six qualifying matches in order to fill out the draw. The main draw programme will start at 11:00 CET with a match between Chardy and Ramos. At the same time, we will see Nishikori take on Opelka in a very interesting matchup.
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After those matches, we will see Karatsev take on Gerasimov with their last match coming at the Australian Open where Karatsev embarrassed Gerasimov with 6-0 6-1 6-0. Another solid matchup is the one between Nishioka and Bublik with a veteran duel between Tsonga and Jaziri coming after that. The final match of the day will start at 17:30 where Popyrin will take on Novak. Popyrin recently won his first APT trophy in Singapore so it will be interesting to see how he does here.
2021 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Schedule of Play:
Sunday, March 14th:
Main Draw
11:00 Chardy J. (Fra) - Ramos A. (Esp)
11:00 Nishikori K. (Jpn) - Opelka R. (Usa)
12:30 Karatsev A. (Rus) - Gerasimov E. (Blr)
12:30 Nishioka Y. (Jpn) - Bublik A. (Kaz)
16:00 Jaziri M. (Tun) - Tsonga J-W. (Fra)
17:30 Popyrin Al. (Aus) Novak D. (Aut)
11:00 Nishikori K. (Jpn) - Opelka R. (Usa)
12:30 Karatsev A. (Rus) - Gerasimov E. (Blr)
12:30 Nishioka Y. (Jpn) - Bublik A. (Kaz)
16:00 Jaziri M. (Tun) - Tsonga J-W. (Fra)
17:30 Popyrin Al. (Aus) Novak D. (Aut)
Qualifiers
08:00 Kukushkin M. (Kaz) - Giustino L. (Ita)
08:00 O'Connell C. (Aus) - Fabbiano T. (Ita)
08:00 Ruusuvuori E. (Fin) - Troicki V. (Srb)
09:30 Albot R. (Mda) - Zapata Miralles B. (Esp)
09:30 Harris G. (Rsa) - Rola B. (Slo)
09:30 Ramanathan R. (Ind) - Bhambri Y. (Ind)
08:00 O'Connell C. (Aus) - Fabbiano T. (Ita)
08:00 Ruusuvuori E. (Fin) - Troicki V. (Srb)
09:30 Albot R. (Mda) - Zapata Miralles B. (Esp)
09:30 Harris G. (Rsa) - Rola B. (Slo)
09:30 Ramanathan R. (Ind) - Bhambri Y. (Ind)
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