On February 25, local time, the ATP 500 Dubai station began the men's singles first round, and top seed Medvedev defeated Struff 6-4/7-6(4) to win the opening goal, and he retired due to physical discomfort when facing Aliassime in the quarter-finals of Doha last week. Medvedev will face French cannon Pericar in the second round, who defeated Zhang Zhizhen in the first round.

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Deminaur and Rublev were unexpectedly eliminated in the first round. Former US Open champion Cilic defeated second seed De Minaur 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to claim his first TOP10 victory since the 2022 French Open and his second tour victory since winning last year's ATP 250 in Hangzhou. Cilic made his comeback in Doha last week, where he lost in the first round to world No. 3 Alcaraz.

France's Aris came out of qualifying to beat last week's champion Rublev in Doha 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) and will face Spain's Agut in the second round. Boggs needed just 61 minutes to defeat eighth seed Fez 6-2, 6-1 to become the first Portuguese player since Sousa in 2015 to win in Dubai, where he will face Aliassime in the second round, who beat Bublik 7-6(7)/6-7(4)/6-3.

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)