Roman Safiullin vs Alex de Minaur Preview & Prediction | 2025 Qatar Open | First Round

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Alex de Minaur will have high hopes this week after reaching the final in Rotterdam a week ago and he gets his Qatar Open campaign underway with a clash against Romain Safiullin

Ranking points: ATP 500

Start date/time: Tuesday 18th February, 2025: UK – not before 11:30am / US ET – not before 6:30am / US PT – not before 3:30am

Venue: Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar

Surface: Outdoor hard

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports Tennis / US – Tennis Channel

How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – Tennis Channel

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Roman Safiullin vs Alex de Minaur Prediction

Roman Safiullin will be hoping to kick-start his 2025 season this week in Doha after being eliminated in his first match in all three tournaments played so far. The Russian ended last season pretty well but his success is coming on the Challenger Tour rather than the ATP Tour.

He has been handed one of the toughest draws he could have had as he meets the in-form Alex de Minaur. The Aussie star in the second seed in Qatar this week and after finishing runner-up to Carlos Alcaraz in Rotterdam a week ago, he will have high hopes of going one further this time.

De Minaur has that edge in his game right now and he is playing with a good level of ruthlessness. He should compound Safiullin’s difficult start to the year and pick up a straight-sets win here.

Roman Safiullin vs Alex de Minaur Tip: Alex de Minaur to win 2-0