Karen Khachanov received his sixth ATP tour title on the Qatar Open after he defeated teenager Jakub Mensik in straight units 7-6 (14-12) 6-4.

World quantity 17, Khachanov, 27, of Russia, didn’t drop a set within the event.

Czech participant Mensik, 18, was the primary teenager to achieve the Qatar Open last.

Mensik hit 16 aces within the last and Khachanov stated: “For a minute, I thought I was playing John Isner and not Jakub Mensik today.”

Mensik, who’s ranked 116th on the planet, had overwhelmed Andy Murray and world quantity 5 Andrey Rublev en path to the ultimate.

Elsewhere, within the WTA Dubai Open Jasmine Paolini got here from behind to beat Anna Kalinskaya.

The Italian received 4-6 7-5 7-5 and claimed her first WTA 1,000 victory, regardless of being 5-3 down within the deciding set.

World quantity 40, Kalinskaya, of Russia, was serving for the match within the third set however she by no means reached match level.

Paolini received 16 of the final 19 factors to win the ultimate 4 video games and safe the victory.

“I’m really surprised,” Paolini stated. “I’m really happy. It was a really tough match. She’s playing unbelievably.

“To come again was actually powerful. I attempted to remain optimistic each level. I’m actually pleased with myself.”

The 28-year-old, the world’s number 26, won her first WTA singles title at the WTA 250 Portoroz in 2021.

She has been in three finals since in search of her second WTA title but had lost them all until Saturday’s victory against Kalinskaya.

The Russian qualifier came into the final in fine form, having ended Iga Swiatek’s seven-match winning streak when she beat the world number one in the semi-finals.

But Kalinskaya, who knocked Paolini out of the Australian Open in January, failed to duplicate that kind within the last.