Rublev, Khachanov and Kohlschreiber through first round at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
ATPMonday, 24 February 2020 at 17:57
Andrey Rublev began his bid to win his third title of the season at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships with victory over Lorenzo Musetti.
The Russian ace claimed victory 6-4, 6-4 in just over an hour as he makes his debut at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships after only having a qualifying appearance to his name before.
He won 84 per cent of first-serve points (26/31) to earn an impressive 14th victory in 16 matches this season. Joao Sousa or Filip Krajinovic await the now World No.14 next up.
Karen Khachanov is also through surviving a close first set to defeat Mikhail Kukushkin. He had to come from a break down twice in the second set but eased through from there 7-6, 6-1.
Philipp Kohlschreiber also came through a tough first set which he lost out in to record victory over Mohamad Safwat. He was downed 6-4 in the opening stanza but fought back to ease through 6-4, 6-0 from there.
| Karen Khachanov | 2 | 7 | 6 |
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| Mikhail Kukushkin | 0 | 62 | 1 | ||||||
| Philipp Kohlschreiber | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
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| Mohamed Safwat | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Andrey Rublev | 2 | 6 | 6 |
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| Lorenzo Musetti | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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