(Dubai) The Russian Daniil Medvedev, who remains on two titles won in February in Rotterdam and Doha, dominated Matteo Arnaldi (111e world), 6-4, 6-2 in 1 h 31 min at 1er round of the Dubai ATP 500 tournament on Tuesday.

After getting a break point in the first game without being able to exploit it, the ex-N. 1 in the world stole his opponent’s serve at 2-2. Enough to break away and win the first set 6-4.

In the second set, the break came even earlier, at 1-1, in favor of Medvedev who managed a second at 4-2 to finally win against an opponent who offered him good resistance for a set and half.

Medvedev will have Alexander Bublik (46e). The Kazakh, semi-finalist at the Marseille tournament on Saturday, took advantage, to pass the first round, of the abandonment of Alexander Lazarov (301e) while the Bulgarian was already trailing 6-1, 1-0.