Federer to face Tsitsipas in Dubai Tennis Championships final

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Patna : World No 7 and 2nd seed Roger Federer, 37, Switzerland, and World No 11 Stefanos Tsitsipas, 20, Greece, will clash in the final of Dubai Tennis Championships, an ATP World Tours 500 points tournament played on hard court, at Dubai, UAE, on March 2, 2019. Federer brushed aside World No 13 Borna Coric, 22, Croatia, in straight sets in the semi-finals on March 1, 2019, late night. Federer now leads Coric 3-2 head to head. Coric had defeated Federer twice in 2018.

Federer beat 6th seed Coric 6-2, 6-2 in 1hr 7 minutes in the semi-finals breaking latter’s service four times in the match. Federer fired 7 Aces in the match to 1 by Coric. Federer also won 5 games in a row in the match. Federer’s winning percentage on both his first and second serve ( 80% & 72 %) was much better than that of Coric ( 54% & 45%).

Fifth seed Tsitsipas defeated World No 23 Gael Monfils, 32, France, in the first semi-finals 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 in the same day.