Tsitsibas beat Sungo and continues his career in “Dubai Tennis”

Greek star Stefanus Tsitsibas scored his return to the Dubai Free Tennis Championships after a five-year absence, when it beat Italian Lorenzo Sungo with two consecutive groups 7-6 (4), 6-3 to qualify for the second round.

The ranked 11th globally achieved a relatively successful success in his previous participation in the 500 -point tennis League Championship, especially with his arrival in the final of the 2019 and 2020 championships, where he lost to both Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, respectively. Tsitsibas, one of the most prominent candidates to win the title this year, appeared comfortable with his return to the main stadium in the Dubai Free Tennis Stadium, where he finished the first group in his favor with difficulty, before imposing his full control in the second group.

After breaking the Sunigo send in the middle of the first group, Tsitsibas allowed his opponent to draw a 4-4 draw after he failed to keep the transmission. Despite the steadfastness of both players in the remainder of the group, the player who qualified twice for the final of the Grand Slam the four major tournaments himself found 3-0 at the beginning of the separation half, but he managed to return again to turn things upside down through a series of strong strikes.

Tsitsibas will be on a date with the player Karen Khashanov in the next round, who had previously faced him on nine occasions during the tennis Tennis Association’s tour, along with their training together in Dubai sometimes outside the season. For his part, Khashanov, who has been residing in Dubai since 2016, is looking to improve his record in direct confrontations (1-8) when the two players meet tomorrow, Wednesday. Khashanov defeated the British Dan Evans, participating in the championship with an invitation card, 6-1, 6-3, to break his three successive series of defeats, and achieve his first victories against the player who qualified for the Dubai 2020 semi-finals after losing all the five previous confrontations against him.


The 33rd competitions of the 500 -point tennis professional association championship will continue from February 24 to March 1.