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Patna : Top seed & World No 1 Novak Djokovic, 32, Serbia, 2nd seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 21, Greece, and World No 37 Daniel Evans, 29, UK, entered the semi-finals of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships at Dubai, UAE, on February 27, 2020, evening.
Djokovic routed 7th seed & World No 17 Karen Khachanov, 23, Russia, 6-2, 6-2 in just 66 minutes in quarter-finals. He won 5 break points to 1 by Khachanov. Djokovic also won 4 games in a row in the match. The World No 1, in all, won 60 points to 34 by the Russian. Djokovic fired 2 Aces in the match to 3 by Khachanov.
Tsitsipas beat World No 34 Jan-Lennard Struff, 29, Germany, in a three-set thriller 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in 2hr 22 minutes in QF coming back from one set downs. The German, however, fired 9 Aces to 6 by the Greek. But, he also committed 4 double faults to 2 by Tsitsipas. The Greek won 2 break points to 1 by the German. Tsitsipas, in all, won 107 points to 99 by Struff.
World No 37 Daniel Evans stunned World No 14 Andrey Rublev, 22, Russia, the 6th seed, 6-2, 7-6 in QFs to make his first ATP World Tour 500 event semi-finals twice coming back in the tie-break. Evans won 4 break points to 2 by Rublev.The Brit won 4 games in a row to 3 by the Russian. Evans, in all, won 90 points to 83 by the Russian. Evans will face Tsitsipas in SFs on February 28, 2020.