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Novak Djokovic qualified for the quarterfinals of the Dubai tournament after defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber without problems in two sets (6-3, 6-1) and is only one victory away from securing the ranking number one for another week .
The Serbian needs to reach the semifinals to continue leading the standings in case Rafa Nadal wins in Acapulco. Nole will face the Russian Karen Kachanov on Thursday, after beating without resistance a Kohlschreiber who did not have a single ball of breakage throughout the game and only won eleven points to the rest.
The number one broke in the sixth game to take the advantage that gave the first set, while in the second began with two 'breaks' that left the German without reaction.
The second series seeker of the tournament and recent champion in Marseille, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (6th), who won the Kazakh Alexander Bublik (47th) by 7-6 (7/1) and 6- also qualified for the quarterfinals. Four. The opponent of the Hellenic player for a place in the semifinals will be the German Jan-Lennard Struff (34th), who hit Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili (29th) 6-1 and 6-0.
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