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Tennis Tracker: Resurgent Rublev storms back in Dubai, Djokovic eases through

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Daniil Medvedev will be in action in Dubai again today
Daniil Medvedev will be in action in Dubai again todayProfimedia
The ATP and WTA tours continue to rattle along at a blistering pace and Flashscore's tennis coverage is keeping up with the action for you. In our daily Tennis Tracker, we bring you the most interesting news, video highlights, reactions and social media posts that you should not miss from the wide world of tennis.

23:05 CET - Some late results to bring you from the ATP and WTA across both sides of the Atlantic. The final game of the day in Dubai saw Hubert Hurkacz (27) prevail against Pavel Kotov (24) in straight sets as he continues his good run of form.

Elsewhere in Santiago, there was middling Spanish success with Juame Munar (25) winning on the clay courts of Chile, however compatriot Roberto Carballes Baena (29) was beaten in two sets by Yannick Hanfmann (31).

20:14 CET - Our Flashmoments of the day are in for both the ATP and the WTA - as ever, breathtaking moments from an action-packed day of tennis.

WTA Flashmoment of the day
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ATP Flashmoment of the day
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19:35 CET - Just days after defeating Andy Murray (35) in the Doha Open final, Daniil Medvedev (27) continued his good momentum. Defeating Alexander Bublik (25) in Dubai with a 6-4, 6-2 result.

Remaining in the UAE, Berna Coric (26) defeated Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (26) by 7-6, 3-6, 5-7.

18:16 CET - Novak Djokovic (35) stormed into the quarter-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 6-2 6-3 thrashing of Tallon Griekspoor (26), swiftly returning to his best form at a tournament he has won five times.

A day after being taken to three sets by Czech qualifier Tomas Machac (22), Djokovic was back to his ruthless best and blasted past a shell-shocked Griekspoor to take the first set with two breaks of serve.

You can read the full report here.

Djokovic vs Griekspoor highlights
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Djokovic post-match interview vs Griekspoor
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16:13 CET - In a surprising turn of events Lorenzo Sonego (27) defeated world no.9 Felix Auger-Aliassime (22) in the 1/8 finals of the Dubai Open. The Italian prevailed with a 7-6, 6-4 result.

It followed Alexander Zverev's (25) triumph over Christopher O'Connell (28) by 7-5, 6-4.

15:33 CET - Andrey Rublev (25) was pretty pleased with his hard-fought comeback win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23) in Dubai. You can hear his post-match thoughts below.

Rublev post-match interview
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13:40 CET - An action-packed Wednesday is underway in Dubai. In the day's first match,  Andrey Rublev (25) came back from losing the first set heavily to beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23) 1-6, 7-6, 7-6.

Soon after that, Botic Van De Zandschulp (27) defeated Mikael Ymer (24) to set up a quarter-final meeting with second-seed Rublev. See the highlights from both those matches below.

Rublev - Davidovich Fokina highlights
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Van de Zandschulp - Ymer highlights
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11:45 CET - The WTA's Monterrey Open continued overnight and, in case you missed the action, we have some highlights of Tuesday's matches.

Yesterday, top seed Caroline Garcia (29) powered past Kaja Juvan (22) while Elena Gabriela Ruse (25) upset Camila Giorgi (31). Take a look at the highlights from both clashes below.

Garcia - Juvan highlights
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Ruse - Giorgi highlights
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9:55 CET - There's plenty of top-class tennis to come from the ATP's Dubai Tennis Championships. Check out the day's order of play below.

9:30 CET - Novak Djokovic (35) has fought his way back to number one in the world after a pretty tricky 2022. Read his thoughts on that achievement and more in today's news.

This week also marks his passing of Steffi Graf's record for most weeks spent as the world's number one - truly legendary stuff!

9:22 CET - One of the big headlines of the day is the news that Carlos Alcaraz (19) has withdrawn from the Mexican Open in Acapulco. You can read all about that here.

9:15 CET - Tuesday was full of thrills at the WTA ATX Open in Austin. Here is the order of play for Wednesday.

9:12 CET - In case you missed out on anything yesterday or overnight, take a look at our WTA Roundup for all the news from the women's circuit.

8:30 CET - Catching up on a bit of overnight action from the WTA event in Austin, Texas - Magda Linette (31) was dumped out by Varvara Gracheva (22). The match ended 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Check out some of the best moments  and Gracheva's post-match comments below.

Gracheva's post-match interview
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Linette - Gracheva highlights
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8:10 CET - Welcome to our daily Tennis Tracker for the 1st of March. Here we will bring all the latest news and updates from the ATP and WTA tours. This week there is plenty of tennis action to keep on top of - we have ATP tournaments in Acapulco, Santiago and Dubai as well as WTA events in Austin and Monterrey. The day's highlights should come from Dubai in the afternoon when both Novak Djokovic (35) and Daniil Medvedev (27) take to the court.