Marat Safin stopped in the second round of Dubai Open

Russian Marat Safin, after a successful debut at the Dubai Open ATR Tennis tournament with a prize fund of $ 1 million, lost to the Belgian Olivier Rokhus with a score of 6: 7, 4: 6. Before this meeting, the Belgian did not pose a particular threat to the "Russian giant". Marat led at personal meetings 5-1.

Safin, who had not played in tournaments because of the knee injury, spent his first fight this season with his compatriot Nikolai Davydenko and won three sets with a score of 4: 6, 2, 6: 2.

Russian Igor Andreev in Dubai in the starting match, not without difficulty, defeated the Italian Andreas Seppi with a score of 7: 6, 1: 6, 6: 4. In the next match, he will meet with his compatriot Mikhail Yuzhnoy, who dealt with the sowed sixth dominic of Kharbata from Slovakia.

In another meeting, Andre Agassi, still recovering after the injury, knocked out Greg Russian from the struggle - 7: 6, 6: 0. For the 9th racket of the world, this is only the fourth game since the beginning of 2006.