In the early morning of February 24, Beijing time, the second round of the ATP500 Dubai station began to compete, and the top seed Djokovic met with the world's 26th-ranked Khachanov. The two sides have met a total of 5 times before, with Djokovic winning 4 and losing 1. Djokovic also performed even better in today's match, knocking out his opponent in two straight sets and reaching the quarter-finals of the tournament.
In the first three sets of the first set, both sides saved the serve, and in the fourth set Djokovic took the lead to complete the break to take a 3-1 lead. Djokovic won the set in the 9th set, and he easily saved the serve to win the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Djokovic took the lead in the 3rd set, and in the 4th set he defused three break points to save the serve and take a 3-1 lead. In the 8th set, Khachanov completed a key break to make it 4-4. In the 9th set, Khachanov saved two break points to save the serve, after which both sides saved the set, and the second set went to grab seven. In the seventh set, Djokovic led the way and won the seven-time victory 7-2.
In a match that took 1 hour and 38 minutes, djokovic Djokovic, the top seed of the tournament, defeated Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (2) to reach the quarterfinals. In the next round, Djokovic will be played by Viselli, who broke through from the qualifiers, who defeated Spain's Agut.