Dubai Tennis Championships: Daniil Medvedev wins the title and Talon Grikspor withdraws

This was the first time that Medvedev, who won the title in 2023, won the same tournament twice. His previous 22 titles came in various events.

“That’s what makes it crazy. I’ve never done it before in any city in the world, and the first time I did it, it was just a tour,” he told the ATP Tour website.

“I played a great tournament, the four matches I played. Of course I wanted to play the final, but that’s how it is.”

Former world number one Medvedev, who did not lose a set during the tournament, won two titles this year and three titles in the past four months.

His representative told the New York Times, external They were trying to determine how Medvedev could travel to California for next week’s Indian Wells tournament after the United Arab Emirates closed its airspace “partially and temporarily.”

Airlines serving the Middle East canceled or diverted flights after the United States and Israel launched deadly strikes on Iran on Saturday.

In response, Iran launched strikes targeting Israel and other sites in the Middle East.

Earlier, Britain’s Henry Patten and Finland’s Hari Heliovaara won the men’s doubles title twice in a row, with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Marcelo Arevalo and Mati Pavic in Dubai.

Batten and Heliovaara have won three of their four tournaments together this year.