"The Lucky Loser" Boberin achieves a surprise of the caliber in the "Dubai Tennis"

Australian Alexei Popirin, ranked 66 in the world and returning through the "lucky loser" card to the list of competing players in "Dubai Tennis", achieved a heavy-caliber surprise, defeating Georgian Nicholas Basilashvili, ranked 19th in the world, by two sets without a response (6-2, 6-3) in The match that brought them together this evening, Tuesday, to calculate the conclusion of the first round of the championship, which is currently being held in its 30th edition, at the “Dubai Duty Free” stadiums in the Garhoud area, with a total prize money of 2.8 million dollars.

 Despite his farewell last Sunday to the tournament from the qualifying rounds, Boberin benefited from the feature of the “lucky loser” card, which is granted to the player with the best performance who was unsuccessful in reserving his seat and qualifying for the main role, after the card allowed the Australian to return to the main role and join the list of 32 players The contenders for the title instead of Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime, who announced his withdrawal due to a back injury.

Popirin was satisfied with only 60 minutes to ensure that the Georgian Nicholas was eliminated and qualified for the second round of the tournament, after a first set in which the Australian succeeded in breaking his opponent's serve on two occasions and decided the set by (6-2) in 29 minutes, before continuing to shine in the second set and snatching Her score (6-3) in 31 minutes and win the match.

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