DUBAI RESULTS. Kohlschreiber tops Safwat in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships

Philipp Kohlschreiber topples Mohamed Safwat 4-6 6-4 6-0 in the 1^st round in Dubai on Monday. Kohlschreiber will have to play Novak Djokovic in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Safwat conquered in the 10^th game (6-4).

2^nd set.

Kohlschreiber won the set after he broke the Egyptian 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game. Mohamed tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game. Notwithstanding, the German didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 6-4.

Kohlschreiber failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 0.

3^rd set.

Safwat lost her way in this set and Kohlschreiber won the set 6-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Kohlschreiber scored 96 points vs. Mohamed’s 76 points.

The German won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 46% (6/13). On the other side, Safwat had a tough time converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kohlschreiber and Safwat is 1-0 for Philipp.

Highlights Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. Mohamed Safwat Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai

Next Match H2H: Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Kohlschreiber will come up against Djokovic in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 14^th time that Philipp Kohlschreiber and Novak Djokovic play each other. The head to head is 11-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 6-3 7-5 6-3 in the 1^st round in London back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-6² 6-1) – See score progression
• Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (4-6 6-4 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Yen-Hsun LuLu – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – See H2H details
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (3-0) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (11-2) – See H2H details
• Marin CilicCilic – Benoit PairePaire (5-1) – See H2H details
• Daniel EvansEvans – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – See H2H details
• Joao SousaSousa – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (1-1) – See H2H details
• Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Dennis NovakNovak (0-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – See H2H details
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-1) – See H2H details
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (1-0) – See H2H details
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – See H2H details