Medvedev wins 3rd title in 3 weeks

Daniil Medvedev is on a hot streak. So hot that the Russian World No. 7 extended it to Dubai on Saturday for a hat-trick of ATP titles. Defending champion Andrey Rublev was the latest to succumb to the blazing racquet of the third seed, who won 6-2, 6-2 in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship. The Dubai win is the 18th Tour title and the third of the year for Medvedev, who came to the UAE after triumphs in Rotterdam and Doha (Qatar Open). The win extended the 27-year-old’s unbeaten run to 14 matches. Along the way, he demolished top seed and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets. In the final, Rublev seldom had answers to Medevedev’s consistency from the baseline.