Kyrgios and Andreescu beat Bouchard and Rune in Dubai

The World Tennis League kicked off today in Dubai with Nick Kyrgios and Bianca Andreescu beating Eugenie Bouchard and Holger Rune 6-3 6-3.

A very exciting event started today in the Persian Gulf and it was a proper banger to get us underway. A mixed doubles match with some big names playing including Kyrgios and Andreescu. They were paired up against Rune and Bouchard and the former proved much better in this matchup.

They demonstrated great chemistry, far better than Rune and Bouchard and overall they might be the better players as well. Bouchard arrived in Dubai fairly late so that might have been a factor as well. Rune and Bouchard did not serve as sharply and certainly did not return as well as they could have.

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They had three break points but didn't use either while their opponents used three of the six they had. This was the first match today with two more coming up.