The day after his success in the quarterfinals against Novak Djokovic, the Czech Jiri Vesely, 123rd in the world, joined the Russian Andrey Rublev, seeded number 2, on Friday in the final of the ATP tournament in Dubai. Out of qualifying, the 28-year-old Czech continues his crazy week, even if he had to fight more than three hours and play three decisive games to dismiss the Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (7 /2), 7-6 (7/3). For his part, Rublev also had to work to overcome the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (N.11 in the world), beaten 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) in 2h23.
