
Alexei Popyrin is set to get a crack at Alex de Minaur in Dubai this week for the first time since he achieved a milestone that has so far eluded the man he's chasing as Australian No.1.
When Popyrin won the Canadian Open to much surprise last September, it gave him his first triumph in an ATP Masters 1000 event, something that the world No.8 de Minaur has coveted yet been unable to achieve so far in his flourishing career.