ATP roundup: Jannik Sinner advances, will face Andy Murray in Dubai
Jannik Sinner saved three match points and came from behind
to topple Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3 on Tuesday in the opening
round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in the United Arab Emirates.
Sinner was down a set and faced three match points at 6-3 in
the second set tiebreaker before he rattled off five straight points to win the
set and even the match against the Spaniard.
The fourth-seeded Sinner broke his opponent's serve to go up
4-2 in the third set and cruise to the win. In the next round, he'll face
former world No. 1 Andy Murray.
Other winners Tuesday included second-seeded Andrey Rublev
of Russia, a 6-4, 7-5 winner over Brit Daniel Evans; fifth seed Hubert Hurkacz
of Poland, who ousted Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-1; sixth seed
Denis Shapovalov of Canada, a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 winner over Hungary's Marton Fucsovics;
and eighth seed Roberto Bautista Agut, who shut down France's Arthur
Rinderknech.
Chile Dove Men+Care Open
Sixth-seeded Miomir Kecmanovic wore down Italian Marco
Cecchinato to earn a 7-5, 6-1 win in Santiago, Chile.
Serving at 5-5 in the first set, Cecchinato quickly faced
triple breakpoint at 15-40, then fought off six break points in all before
dropping the game to the Serbian. Kecmanovic polished off the deciding game in
the set, then needed just 31 minutes to win the second set and the match.
Other winners were seventh seed Sebastian Baez of Argentina,
Spaniards Carlos Taberner and Jaume Munar, and Hugo Dellien of Bolivia.
Germany's Yannick Hanfmann rallied to knock off fifth seed
Federico Coria of Argentina 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
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