​Karen Khachanov, this year’s semi-finalist at the Australian Open, was eliminated from the first round at the ATP 500 tournament in Dubai.

Karen Khachanov defeated Botik van de Zandschulp

Khachanov, the sixth favorite of the Emirati competition, lost to the Dutch Botik van de Zandschulp (33 ATP) after one hour and 35 minutes, the score was 7-5, 6-2.

Ranked 14th in the ATP rankings, Karen did not play again after losing to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the penultimate Grand Slam match in Melbourne.

Van de Zandshulp will play in the 1/8 finals of the Dubai tournament with Swede Mikael Imer (59 ATP).

ATP Dubai, other results recorded on Tuesday

Christopher O’Connell – Emile Ruusuvuori 7-5, 6-4

Felix Auger-Aliassime (4) – Maxime Cressy 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3

Borna Chorych (8) – Daniel Evans 2-2 (Evans lost)

Mikael Imer – Francesco Passaro 6-2, 6-3

Oleksandr Bublyk Oleksandr Lazarov 6-1, 1-0 (Lazarov lost).

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships will take place from February 27 to March 4 on hard, is in the ATP 500 category and has a total prize fund of $2,855,495. Titled champion – Andriy Rublev (2022).