Spaniard Bautista's exit opens the door to a new champion in the Dubai Tennis Championships

The Dubai Tennis Championships for professional players is on a date with a new champion, after the 2018 edition of Spain's Robert Bautista Agut lost today to the world's 32nd-ranked Italian Janic Sener, in two groups for one group (6-4, 3-6, 7-5), in a match. It lasted two hours and 26 minutes in the 16th round of the 29th edition of the competition, which is currently being held at the "Dubai Duty Free" stadiums in Dubai, and will be unveiled next Saturday, with total prizes of $ 1.9 million.

With Bautista farewell, the only one on the list of players participating in the 2021 edition who had previously won the championship, "Dubai Tennis" is on a date with a new champion, knowing that 13 of its titles are owned by the Swiss stars Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, 8 for the Swiss. And five for the Serbian.

And the surprises continued, with the victory of the French world number 54 Jamie Chardy over the Russian world number 22 Karen Khashnov, with two groups for one group (6-7, 6-4, 6-4).

The Russian Khashnov joined the list of ranked players who were invited to the tournament by Frenchman Shardy, who succeeded in eliminating the 23rd world Australian Alex de Menauer in the second round, and the 43rd world number one, Albert Vinolas, in the first round.

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