Top-ranked Novak Djokovic stayed unbeaten this season by defeating Hubert Hurkacz 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the semifinals on the Dubai Championships on Thursday.
The five-time Dubai champion’s twentieth straight victory units up a doable last-four match towards former No. 1 Daniil Medvedev, who was enjoying Borna Coric later on the hard-court event.
Djokovic is enjoying in his first occasion since successful the Australian Open for his record-equalling twenty second Grand Slam singles title. The 35-year-old Serb had {a partially} torn hamstring when he captured his tenth title at Melbourne Park.
Djokovic improved to 15-0 this season and hasn’t misplaced since dropping the Paris Masters remaining to Holger Rune final November. He adopted that up by successful the ATP Finals title in Turin.
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—@DDFTennis
Rublev, Zverev to sq. off in semis
Defending Dubai champion Andrey Rublev will face Alexander Zverev within the different semifinal match.
Rublev superior by defeating Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3, 7-6 (3). Zverev topped Lorenzo Sonego 7-5, 6-4.
It will likely be Zverev’s first semifinal for the reason that French Open final June, when he injured his proper ankle whereas enjoying towards Rafael Nadal. He underwent surgical procedure days later to restore torn ligaments.
“It’s been a really troublesome time for me the final, I might say, 9 months,” the 25-year-old German, who was the runner-up on the 2020 U.S. Open, stated in his on-court interview. “The onerous work is paying off and I’m extraordinarily pleased with what the progress is and the way I’m enjoying proper now.”
Rublev, a 25-year-old Russian who’s ranked No. 6, reached the semifinals for the third straight yr.
