Dimitrov, Pouille Head ATP Dubai Field; Preview

Without defending champion Andy Murray, seven-time champion Roger Federer, four-time champion Novak Djokovic or former champ Stan Wawrinka, the Dubai Duty Free title is up for grabs this week.
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DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
DUBAI, UAE; surface: hard

Seeds: Grigor Dimitrov, Lucas Pouille, Roberto Bautista Agut, Damir Dzumhur, Richard Gasquet, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Filip Krajinovic, Yuichi Sugita

Floaters: Borna Coric, Benoit Paire

Notes:

Dimitrov the lone Top 10er in the field…

Tough start for (5) Gasquet vs. Coric, then Paire…

Wildcards were awarded to Marcos Baghdatis, Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri and Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas…

Qualifying to the main draw were Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis, France’s Quentin Halys, Germany’s Yannick Maden and France’s Gleb Sakharov…

Paolo Lorenzi withdrew from the event…

Andy Murray beat Fernando Verdasco in last year’s final…

There are no former champions in the field.

 

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