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Top-seeded Novak Djokovic stroked six aces on Wednesday while knocking off Russian Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (2) to reach the quarterfinals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in the United Arab Emirates.
The Serbian is a five-time winner of the event and he will look to continue pursuit of another crown when he next faces Jiri Vesely. The Czech Republic qualifier advanced with a stunning 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 8 seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.
Second-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev moved on with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 win over South Korea’s Soonwoo Kwon. Rublev will next face American Mackenzie McDonald, who beat Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic 6-4, 7-6 (7).
In other matches, fourth-seeded Italian Jannik Sinner posted a 7-5, 6-2 win over Brit wild card Andy Murray; No. 5 Hubert Hurkacz of Poland beat Slovakian lucky loser Alex Molcan 6-3, 6-2; sixth-seeded Canadian Denis Shapovalov beat Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel 6-4, 6-3, and Lithuanian qualifier Ricardas Berankis outdueled Aussie lucky loser Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 7-6 (7).
–Field Level Media
