Tonight, Beijing time, the final of the Dubai race will come as scheduled. The two sides will be Tsitsipas, who is a third final in Dubai, a 12th final in the 500 but still struggling to win his first title in the 500, and Aliassime, who is a first-time finalist in Dubai and a third tour final this season and has already won the title twice.

In the semi-finals played last night, neither man won easily. The Greeks faced the Dutchman Grickspoor, who had been lucky enough to avoid match point in the previous round and knocked out top seed Mei Zong, who had come back from a set down to reverse Aris.

In this way, the two will meet again in the 500 final after 2022. Do you remember when the two faced each other?

At that time, the Greek had already won the year-end finals in 2019 and lifted the Monte Carlo Masters trophy in 2021. At the Grand Slam level, he has already reached the final of the French Open and the semifinals of the Australian Open. Only in the 500 field, he reached the finals several times but never won a championship.

On the other hand, Aliassime, as the record holder of the post-00 men's players in the past, has been stagnant in his results. He has reached the final of the tour several times, but he is still a long way from piercing the window paper.

After the Canadian lifted his first career title in Rotterdam in 2022, he has already crossed the mountain, and at the end of the year, he won a wave of three consecutive titles on indoor hard courts. After two years of relative silence, he has ushered in another explosion this season, and the season has only been going on for more than two months, and he is already a double champion in his hands, leading the team in the number of wins.

Previously, Tsitsipas reached the final twice in Dubai, but lost to Federer and Djokovic in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Especially in 2019, although he ended Federer's dream of a triple Australian Open title at the beginning of the season, he became the backdrop for his opponent to achieve 100 titles in Dubai.

It was Tsitsipas' 12th career ATP 500 final, tied with Kei Nishikori for fifth all-time, but he is also the only one of the top players who has yet to win a title. It was Tsitsipas' 30th tour final, and he became the eighth active player to do so.

A revenge win over Aliassime in the final would see Tsitsipas return to the top 10 in the world rankings for the first time since June last year, which clearly holds a lot for him.

He also vowed to say: "I try to give my best in every game. Every game brings something new to me in terms of experience, and I want to try to absorb everything and use it effectively. ”

In terms of record matchups, Tsitsipas and Aliassime previously had a record of 6 wins and 3 losses. The Greeks had a clear lead, but the Canadian's first career title was on Tsitsipas, and the final curse of the opponent's 500 also affected the mentality to a certain extent. This time, will Aliassime win three in a row, or will Tsitsipas be able to unlock the 500 title?(Source: Tennis Home Author: Luo Cheng Qiye)