On February 13, local time, the 2025 ATP Deira Beach Station ended the second round of men's singles. Buyunchaokert challenged top seed and current No.4 Fritz in this round, but he lost 6-7(4), 2-6 and missed out on qualifying.
Buyun Chaoket data map
In the first set, Buyun Chaokert took the lead on break point in the fifth game, but failed to cash it in; After that, he saved 3 set points and dragged the game into a tie-break; A mistake by Buyunchockert in the tie-break gave Fritz a 7-6(4) lead. In the second set, Buyun Chaukert suffered two breaks, and finally Fritz won another set 6-2 and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Elsewhere, fourth seed Arnaldi narrowly defeated wildcard rising star Lerner Qian 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(1); No.6 seed Brandon Nakashima defeated former champion Opelka 3-6, 7-5, 6-2; No.8 seed Davidovich Fokina beat McDonald 6-2, 5-7, 6-0 to advance to the quarter-finals.
ATP Deira Beach Men's Singles quarterfinals:
[1] Fritz vs Davidovich Fokina[8]
[4] Arnaldi vs Brandon Nakajima[6]
Norrie vs Mikkelsen[3]
[7] Kecmanovic vs Giron[5]
(Text, editor: Dato, photo: Visual China)