Dubai tennis open: Morocco's Arazi cruises to third round

Morocco's tennis man, Hicham Arazi, on Thursday, cruised to the third round of Dubai tennis tournament after rolling out Russia's Yevgeny Kafelnikov, in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

In the first round Arazi hammered Czech player Jan Vacek in two straight sets 6-2, 6-1, while Yunes El Aynaoui, seed no 7, was shown the door by Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in two sets 7-6 (7/3, 7-6 (7/5).

Dubai tennis tournament is an ATP event with a purse worth US$ 970,000.