An obscure player returns Africa to the "Dubai Tennis" final

South African Lloyd Harris, ranked 81 in the world, continued his surprises in Dubai Tennis, by eliminating the 12th seed from Canadian world Denis Shapovalov from the semi-finals, after Harris' difficult victory today, Friday, by two sets of one (6-7, 6-4, 7-6). ), In a match that brought them together at the main stadium, which lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Harris recalled the prestige of South African tennis after 26 years, and specifically since his compatriot Wayne Ferreira reached the Dubai final in 1995, winning the title at the expense of Italian Andre Gaudinzi in two groups without response (6-3 and 6-3).

In the doubles competition, the Colombian duo Juan Sebastian Cabel and Robert Farah needed to settle the tiebreak by (7-10), to ensure the passage to the final and victory over the German duo Kevin Kreewitz and Jean-Linard Struve, after they exchanged dominance over the results of the two groups of the semi-final meeting, with a victory. Colombians Kabul and Farah in the first set (6-2), before the second group went in favor of the German duo, Kreowitz and Struve (6-2).

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