Jack Draper is through the final of the Qatar Open after another return, this time Jiri defeated Leheka 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-3.
Leheka, who shocked the top seed Carlos Alakraj in the quarters to book his meeting with Draper, reached 5-3 positions in the competition, breaking the fastest, British number 1 and serving for the set, where The veins showed it.
Still, the 23-year-old check saved two brake points as Draper tried to stay in the set, eventually a hold of 6-3 after the deus.
In the second set, Draper hit 3–1 for the first break, but failed to consolidate it because Leheka broke back directly and then served to take the set to 3–3.
The set was on serving a tie-break from there, which Draper hurricled with impressive success of 7–2, pushed things into the decisive of the third set.
The third set proved to be tight by 3-3, where Draper forced two brake points and proceeded significantly on double-fault Leheka.
Integrating a break on the occasion, Draper next time served Leheka and then earned a match point, which he took to win.
Draper will face Andry Rubalv In the finals, when he inspired Canada’s Felix Agar-Aliiasyme to reach his third Qatar Open Final on 7-5 4-6 7-6 (7-5).
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The 10th-ranked rublev required four matches for the sixth time in seven matches to shut down World No 23 Agar-Aliasim.
Rublav lost the 2018 final in Doha but won in 2020, and overtook 21 aces from Canadian in a match of about three hours.
,[It took] Everything. It was super hard, “Rublav said.
“He was serving well and I was just saying, ‘Okay, I can’t do much, it’s one of the best servers on the tour. I just need to try to guess and when when If I have a moment, just go for it. “
Draper: I am proud of how I competed and felt better and better because the match went ahead
Draper, who has lost all three of his previous meetings with rublev, said later on Sky Sports Tennis …
“In the first set, I put it in a dirty game and came out with the jerry power. In the second I was holding a little easier and putting a lot of pressure behind his service.
“I felt more and more positive about my tennis and as a match physically better, and I am proud of the way I competed there.
“At the end of last year, I started lifting some real speed and then suddenly I could not play for a month. My level in Australia was everywhere, but mentally it was really good for me.
“I’m definitely a separate player because I last played him [Rublev]But he is a top -10 player, which I respect in a big way. He is the top 10 for many years.
“I saw him playing this week, and he is on every ball.”
Andreeva continues Dream Dubai won Rayabkina with a wisdom win
Teenage condolences Mirra Andreva In the semi-finals, the sixth seed Elena Rybikina 6-4 4-6 6-3 continued her giant-slateing acts by harassing the sixth seed Elena Rybikina in the semi-finals.
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The main features of the Dubai Championship semi -final match between Elena Rayabkina and Mirra Andreeva
The 17 -year -old French Open semi -finalist, who surprised the Grand Slam Champion IGA Swetek in the quarter and former Wimbledon winning Marketa Wondrasova in 32 rounds, the youngest players to reach the WTA 1000 finals.
Andreeva became the youngest player to defeat three Grand Slam winners in the same program since fellow Russian Maria Sharapova in 2004.
“The last time we played it was a really tough match … She went for her shots and killed me in the end. This time I knew that she would be a tough competition. I tried to fight for every point and Believed, “Andreeva said. ,
Next to Andreva in the final Clara Tusson After Denmark, later the Czech 14th seed Karolina Muchova was defeated 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 6-3.
Tusson, who surprised the first World No. 1 Aryana Sabalenka in the tournament, has also reached her first WTA 1000 finals.
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