After the bad defeat suffered in Marseille last week, the former world number 1 had played two good matches in Doha this week. Daniil was very close to defeat against his compatriot Karen Khachanov, but he was able to react in the most difficult moment and played excellent tennis in the second and third sets.

I'm happy it happened today.” The ninth-ranked Rublev had won the Dubai title in 2022. On Saturday, he beat Jack Draper to win the Qatar Open. Also Tuesday, top-seeded Daniil Medvedev beat Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4,

Felix Auger-Aliassime will compete in the semi-final of the ATP 500 event in Doha. The 24-year-old Canadian played only one sets in the second round and quarter-final, preserving energy for the latter stage of the tournament.

A day after a grueling 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 first-round win over Karen Khachanov, Daniil Medvedev had a quicker day at the office in Doha on Wednesday, storming past Zizou Bergs in straight sets in the second round of the newly-upgraded ATP 500 event,

Aliassime will face Andrey Rublev in the Qatar Open semifinals after he beat fellow Russian Daniil Medvedev when the latter retired after losing the first set 6-3 on Thursday in Doha.

Andrey Rublev has saved one match point and needed eight of his own to subdue Alex de Minaur 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 in the Qatar Open quarterfinals in Doha. The Russian fifth seed wasted a 5-2 lead in the last set against the Australian second seed,