It gave him exceptional chances to face Djokovic, Federer and Murray in the previous editions

Al-Jaziri: “Dubai Tennis” gave me the 100th victory in the yellow football world

• Al-Jaziri defeated the French Tsonga in the opening of the «Dubai Tennis 2021».

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• The German Jan Lennard Struff.

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• Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Merlis.

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Tunisian Malek Jaziri, ranked 262 in the world, revealed that a special invitation card was sent to him by the tournament director, Salah, to participate in the "Dubai Tennis" tournament for professional players 2021, which gave him the 100th victory in his career in the world of yellow football, after his victory over Frenchman Joe Wilfer Tsonga. The 55th ranked player in the world, in a meeting that gathered the players in the first round of the 29th edition, which kicked off yesterday at the "Dubai Duty Free" stadiums in Al Garhoud in Dubai, and will continue until January 20, with prizes amounting to $ 1.9 million.

Al-Jaziri said in a press statement: “The constant support that (Dubai Tennis) has provided since its inception in 1989 for Arab stars, has allowed many of them to achieve remarkable achievements, in the same way as the support provided by the organizing committee and tournament director Salah Perish, by sending an invitation card that allowed me to achieve my 100th victory in ... Yellow Ball World ».

He explained: “I have always been granted an invitation card to be in the main role of the tournament that led me to very strong matches, especially those that brought me together with the world's top ranked players, with the size of my confrontation Novak Djokovic twice over the past six years, in addition to my meeting with the Swiss Roger Federer and the British Andy Murray, in exceptional opportunities, during which I succeeded in benefiting from these friction experiences, especially since I was a strong match in those matches.

He added: “Despite the victory over Tsonga, who is a close friend of mine, this victory came far from the way I was looking at, because Tsonga was forced to withdraw from the first group to renew the pain of the injury in his hand, and I wish him a speedy recovery and return to usual levels. Especially since his career has always been among the world's top five classifiers.

Regarding the reasons that led to his decline in the global ranking, Al-Jaziri said: “Injuries and the Corona pandemic are among the most prominent reasons that led me to decline in the global rankings, especially since the past two years during which I succeeded in moving up to the 42nd global classification, before my classification was negatively affected by the difficulties of travel and participation. In the tournaments in 2020, which were unfortunately imposed by the repercussions of the pandemic ».

He concluded: “I look forward from the (Dubai Tennis) portal to return to the presentation of my usual levels, and to engage in strong confrontations in the same way that they appeared in the past versions, in light of my endeavor to be the start of my return to progress in the order from the Dubai gate.

Spaniard Zapata records the first surprises

Spaniard Bernabe Zapata, ranked 15 in the world, blew a heavy surprise by eliminating Australian John Millman, ranked 40 on the world, from the first round in the Dubai Duty Free tennis tournament, after Zapata's victory in two groups without a response (6-4 and 6-) 4), in a match held yesterday at the sub-stadium, and it lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes.

Zapata, with his victory, hit a date today with Italian Lorenzo Sonigo, ranked 37 in the world, in a meeting held for the second round of the championship.

Shtruff breaks the knot on Kokoshkin

German Jan Lennard Struff, ranked 39 in the world, continued to dedicate the knot of victory over his Kazakh rival Mikhail Kokoshkin, after the German’s success, yesterday, in scoring a deserved victory, which came in two groups without a response (6-4 and 6-4), in a meeting held for the conclusion of the round. The first was for "Dubai Tennis", and represented the fifth victory in the six confrontations that he had with his Kazakhstani opponent, since their first confrontation at the beginning of 2014. Today, in the opening of the second round of the championship, Chertoff will meet Canadian Denis Shapovalov, ranked 11th in the world.

Malek Al-Jaziri:

"The constant support that (Tennis Dubai) has provided since its inception in 1989 to Arab stars, which has allowed many of them to achieve remarkable achievements."

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One million dollars in prizes for the "Dubai Tennis" tournament for professional players 2021.

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