Dubai Tennis Championships
Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas claimed the Dubai title on Saturday by defeating Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-3. Tsitsipas, from Greece, saved all seven break points he faced and won 83.3 percent (35 of 42) of his first-serve points. After dropping the first three games of the opening set, Tsitsipas captured the next four, then wrapped up the match by winning three straight games to close out the second.
Auger-Aliassime, who was seeking his third title of 2025 and eighth overall, managed to convert just 70.6 percent of first serves and couldn’t convert a break point in the 88-minute contest.
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Movistar Chile Open (Santiago, Chile)
Serbia’s Laslo Djere rallied past top-seeded Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 in their semifinal. Djere, ranked No. 103, saved 5 of 6 break points and fired four aces en route to the victory. Cerundolo, No. 26 in the world, matched Djere in double faults (3) but recorded only two aces.
Djere moves on to face the defending champion, third-seeded Sebastian Baez, who needed three sets to oust fellow Argentine Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-1, 3-6, 6-2. Baez broke his opponent five times in 10 opportunities and improved to 2-0 lifetime against Djere. This will be their first meeting since 2024.
