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Medvedev wins second Dubai title after Griekspoor pulls out of final

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Published 3 months ago

Daniil Medvedev was ⁠awarded the Dubai Tennis Championships title ‌after his opponent Tallon Griekspoor ‌withdrew due to ‌an injury he suffered ‌in the semi-finals, tournament ‌organisers said on Saturday.

[p]Russian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/medvedev-daniil/O8qG0Nhb/"]Medvedev[/a] was chasing ‌a second title ⁠in ‌Dubai after he beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/auger-aliassime-felix/CzXh4LAb/"]Felix ​Auger-Aliassime[/a] in the last four, and ​the former world number one reached the ⁠[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/griekspoor-t-f3zfMU5i/medvedev-d-O8qG0Nhb/?mid=n1R7NAwe"]final[/a] ​without dropping a set.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/griekspoor-tallon/f3zfMU5i/"]Griekspoor[/a] said after his straight-sets win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rublev-andrey/AeAn4gP0/"]Andrey ‌Rublev[/a] that he was struggling with a hamstring injury and would have retired had he lost the second set.[/p][p][b]"Not how I want to win a ‌final. Hoping the ​injury for Griekspoor is ‌not too bad and wishing him a speedy recovery,"[/b] Medvedev wrote on X.[/p][embed guid="89932fbf-b09c-41a4-a681-eecf0d6f26a4" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2027729967656649002" social-type="twitter" /]

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