Dubai: Andrey Rublev won his second singles title in less than a week and 10th overall when he beat Czech qualifier Jiri Vesely 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday.

 

The seventh-ranked Russian won the Open 13 tournament last Sunday in Marseille, where he also took the doubles title with Ukrainian partner Denys Molchanov.

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Vesely had knocked out Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals and reached the final by outlasting Denis Shapovalov in more than three hours on Friday.

 

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"Both of us were super tired," Rublev said in his on-court interview.

 

"I didn't expect this because I didn't have time to adapt. It's an amazing feeling. I feel super happy," said Rublev. 

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On Friday, Rublev wrote No War Please on a TV camera moments after beating Poland's Hubert Hurkacz in their semifinal.

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