# Tennis: Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas is through to the second round of the Dubai Championship. The Greek, who is playing in the tournament for the first time in five years, defeated Italian Lorenzo Sonego 7-6, 6-3. Tsitsipas will face Russia’s Karen Khachanov, who beat British wildcard Daniel Evans, 6-1, 6-3. 2018 champion Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain also advanced to the second round, overcoming Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6. There were also wins for Australian Alexei Popyrin and Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.
Tennis: Tsitsipas and Khachanov through to the Dubai Championship second round