The tableau in Dubai may have lost to prominence after the cancellations of Roger Federer and Gael Monfils and Rafael Nadal's waiver of a wildcard, but the cast of the ATP Tour 500 tournament is still impressive. The field is led by Dominic Thiem, who meets a qualifier after a walk-through. Andrey Rublev follows in second position, who brings a 20-match winning streak in the 500s to Dubai. Rublev is waiting for the winner of the game between Jordan Thompson and a qualifier.

Denis Shapovalov will start the race as number three, the Russian could meet Jan-Lennard Struff in lap two. Struff is waiting for a qualifier. With Dennis Novak there is also a second Austrian at the start, Novak opens against Alexei Popyrin, who won his first title on the ATP tour from a few days in Singapore.

If it goes according to the seeding list, then the following quarter-finals should be: Dominic Thiem against David Goffin , Denis Shapovalov against Karen Khachanov , and Andrey Rublev against Pablo Carreno Busta. Roberto Bautista Agu t would have been on Roger Federer's branch - and now has a slightly easier way to the semi-finals after his withdrawal.

Here the single tableau in Dubai