The draw paves the way for world number one Djokovic to snatch a sixth title
A difficult task for Tunisian Jaziri in his last appearance in "Tennis Dubai" (Video)
From the draw ceremony of the 31st edition of the Dubai Tennis Championship Photo: Patrick Castillo
The results of the draw for the "Dubai Tennis" men's championship, which was drawn on Saturday in the Majlis Chamber at the "Dubai Duty Free" stadium in Al Garhoud, with a prize of $ 2.9 million, resulted in a difficult confrontation for the only Arab representative in the Tunisian singles competition, Malek Jaziri, in his last appearance in the world of yellow ball, after the draw placed him against the Spanish world number 31 Alejandro Fokina in the opening of the first round.
The draw came easy for the Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic, paving the way for the opportunity to grab his sixth title historically in "Tennis Dubai" after his coronation in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2020, after it put him at the top of Group A, and the start of his career by meeting one of the players coming from the qualifying round, and Djokovic's task will not be difficult in reaching the quarter-finals expected to face the first players ranked in the list of 20 to meet Poland's Hubert Hurkacz Ranked 11th in the world.
The draw for the Dubai Men's Tennis Championship, which was drawn on Saturday in the Majlis Chamber at the Dubai Duty Free Stadium in Al Garhoud, results in a difficult confrontation for the only Arab representative in the Tunisian singles competition, Malek Jaziri, in his last appearance in the world of yellow ball #UAE_Day_Sports pic.twitter.com/K0GvPQQtAC
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The results of the draw continued to do justice to the top world rankings participating in the title of the 31st edition of "Tennis Dubai", by last year's Dubai champion and world number four Russian Andrei Rublev at the head of Group B, with a possible confrontation that could bring Rublev together with Tunisian Jaziri in the second round, provided that Russian Rulev does not stumble in the first round against Serbian Filip Krajinovic, ranked 67 in the world.
The draw ceremony was attended by Colm McLoughlin, Executive Vice Chairman of Dubai Duty Free, owner and organiser of the event, Salah Tahlak, Director of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Tournaments, Roland Herville, PTA representative Daniel Evans, ranked 29 in the world, and Australian Alexei Popperin, who is part of the list of invitation cards.