The 25-year-old de Minaur won his ninth straight match in Mexico and became the first defending champion to reach the Acapulco final since David Ferrer in 2013.
Jessica Pegula finished with 24 winners. She made 17 unforced errors, the majority of which came in the second set.
During his semi-final meeting with Alexander Bublik, Rublev lost his cool at 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/5), 6-5, yelling towards a line umpire and getting accused by a different one that the second seed swore at his colleague in Russian.
Besides Ankita, the other team members for the 8-13 April event in Changsha are Sahaja Yamalapalli, Rutuja Bhosale, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Prarthana Thombare.
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Daniil Medvedev wasted little time in wrapping up a 6-2, 6-3 win and will face Ugo Humbert in the last four.
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Andy Murray has not recorded back-to-back victories since September and has faced persistent questions over his future.
World number four Daniil Medvedev got his title defence at the hardcourt ATP 500 event up and running, overcoming Alexander Shevchenko 6-3, 7-5.
Andy Murray had told the BBC last December that 2024 could be his final year on the ATP Tour
In two separate incidents, Just Stop Oil members Deborah Wilde, 69, Simon Milner-Edwards, 67, and William Ward, 66 ran onto one of the outside Wimbledon courts
Jordan Thompson — who had knocked out Alexander Zverev in a marathon semi-final — once again dug deep to overcome Casper Ruud
Jasmine Paolini became the second Italian woman to triumph in Dubai, following in the footsteps of Sara Errani.
Top seed Swiatek came into the semi-finals having won 25 of her last 26 matches and looking to follow up her title run in Doha last week with a first-time triumph in Dubai.
Russian second seed Khachanov defeated Australia's Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (14/12), 6-2 in his semi-final.
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In what was their sixth meeting in the span of 20 months, Iga Swiatek came up clutch when she needed to as she improved to a perfect 6-0 lifetime against Zheng Qinwen.
Carlos Alcaraz was injured on the second point of his first-round match against Brazilian wild card Thiago Monteiro, his right foot catching in the red clay surface
A runner-up in Dubai 12 months ago, Iga Swiatek will face Zheng Qinwen next who beat Anastasia Potapova in the late evening contest.
Nagal, India's top singles player, currently finds himself at the 101st spot with Ramkumar Ramanathan the second-highest-ranked Indian on the list at 420.
Shortly after the match, Carlos Alcaraz told reporters the decision to withdraw was a "precaution" and that the physiotherapists who treated him had indicated the injury "is not serious"
Iga Swiatek beat Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-4 in a match that witnessed eight breaks of serve and a combined 23 break points
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Carlos Alcaraz, playing in his first tournament since losing in the Australian Open quarter-finals, was beaten by 28-year-old Nicolas Jarry
Stefano Napolitano, the seventh seed, overwhelmed Sumit Nagal 7-6 (2), 6-4 after an intense 2 hour and 17 minutes match
Iga Swiatek is the first player to win three straight titles at the same WTA event since Serena Williams completed a Miami Open hat-trick from 2013-15
Sumit Nagal, who won the ATP Challenger title in Chennai last week, was in total control of the second round clash on centre court, packing off Coleman Wong 6-2, 7-5 in an hour and 45 minutes.
Iga Swiatek, the two-time defending champion at the Qatar open, defeated 14th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-1, 6-4
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