Lloyd Harris. (Photograph by Matt King/Getty Pictures)
South African tennis valuable particular person Lloyd Harris will contest the principle scheme of this week’s the Dubai Championships after advancing via the qualifying occasion.
Harris, the enviornment No 81, acquired two qualifying fits over the weekend to qualify for the ATP 500-stage occasion.
He beat Russia’s Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-1, 6-2 and Slovenian Blaz Rola 6-2, 6-4 to rating into the principle scheme where a necessary-spherical conflict towards one more qualifier, Australian Christopher O’Connell, awaits.
O’Connell is currently ranked No 122 on the planet.
Harris will be expected to beat the Australian but an advanced take a look at towards top seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem awaits in the 2d spherical.
Thiem, doubtlessly the hottest world No 4 and 2020 US Commence champion, has a bye in the first spherical in Dubai.
Closing week, Harris made headlines when he beat three-time Immense Slam champion Stan Wawrinka in the first spherical of the Qatar Commence, earlier than shedding to Hungarian Marton Fucsovics in the 2d spherical.
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