Tsitsipas was too much for Carreño in Dubai

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, second-seeded and sixth in the world rankings, defeated the Spanish 7-6 (1) and 6-1 on Tuesday Pablo Carreño in the primary spherical of the Dubai ATP 500 match.

Tsitsipas, current Marseille match winner, he solely had difficulties earlier than Carreño in the primary spherical, resolved in the tiebreaker, which was reached after breaking each as soon as the service of the rival. The second set was less complicated for the Greek, who broke the Spanish service 3 times to shut the duel with a 6-1. Carreño performed his nineteenth recreation on arduous courtroom in opposition to a High-10 of the rating and match his eighteenth defeat. He solely received in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Miami match Kevin Anderson.

That of Tuesday in the second victory of Tsitsipas, sixth in the world, in the 2 duels performed between them. The faces weren’t seen for the reason that semifinals of the Depend of Godó of 2018. Tsitsipas will play in eighth in opposition to Kazakh Alexander Bublik, Executioner of Polish Hubert Hurkacz 6-2 and 7-5.