Raonic and Pospisil in action in St. Petersburg – Raonic wins, Pospisil goes down to the extremely on-fire Andrey Rublev.

St. Petersburg Open
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Category: ATP Tour 500
Dates: Oct. 12-18, 2020
Prize money: $1,399,370
Draws: S32 – D16

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020
Final results

Singles, first round

[6] Milos Raonic (CAN) def [Q] J.J. Wolf (USA) 76 (5) 61
[3] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 62 64

[4] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def James Duckworth (AUS) 64 64
[7] Borna Coric (CRO) def Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 63 76 (2)

[Q] Ilya Ivashka (BLR) def Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 63 76 (6)
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 63 76 (7)

Doubles, first round

Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) / Matwe Middelkoop (NED) def. [3] Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) 76 (1) 76 (7)

[2] Jürgen Melzer (AUT) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def [Q] Evgeny Donskoy / Roman Safiullin (RUS) 62 76 (3)

Taylor Fritz (USA) / Cameron Norrie (GBR) def Luke Bambridge / Dan Evans (GBR) 36 63 [10-5]
[WC] Daniil Golubev / Evgenii Tiurnev (RUS) def. [LL] James Duckworth (AUS) / Ilya Ivashka (BLR) WALKOVER

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bett1HULKS Indoors
Location: Cologne, Germany
Category: ATP 250
Dates: Oct. 12-18, 2020
Prize money: €325,610
Draws: S28 – D16

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020
Final results

Singles, first round

[8] Marin Cilic (CRO) def ~~Ricardas Berankis (LTU)~~ [LL] Marcos Giron (USA) 62 46 63

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) def. [Q] Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 75 64
[Q] Lloyd Harris (RSA) def Kyle Edmund (GBR) 75 76 (1)
[Q] Henri Laaksonen (SUI) def. [WC] Daniel Altmaier (GER) 36 63 76 (5)
Gilles Simon (FRA) def. Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 60 63
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) def. [WC] Andy Murray (GBR) 64 64

Doubles, first round

[3] Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Oliver Marach (AUT) def [WC] Alexander Zverev / Mischa Zverev (GER) 26 64 [10-6]

Dominic Inglot (GBR) / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) def Nick Monroe (USA) / Benoit Paire (FRA) 63 64
Tomislav Brkic (BIH) / Marin Cilic (CRO) def Hubert Hurkacz (POL) / Steve Johnson (USA) 60 61

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Forte Village Sardegna Open
Location: Sardinia, Italy
Category: ATP 250
Dates: Oct. 12 – 18, 2020
Prize money: €271,345
Draws: S28 – D16

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020
Final results

Singles, first round

[5] Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) def [WC] Giulio Zeppieri (ITA) 62 76 (4)

[6] Pablo Andujar (ESP) def [Q] Josef Kovalik (SVK) 75 75

Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) def [Q] Federico Coria (ARG) 75 64
[WC] Marco Cecchinato (ITA) def Gianluca Mager (ITA) 57 76 (7) 62
Federico Delbonis (ARG) def Andreas Seppi (ITA) 75 76 (6)
Laslo Djere (SRB) def. [Q] Sumit Nagal (IND) 63 61

Doubles, first round

[3] Marcus Daniell (ESA) / Philipp Oswald (AUT) def [ALT] Alberto Ramos-Viñolas / David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 62 61

Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Jonny O’Mara (GBR) def [WC] Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 46 75 [10-4]
Tommy Paul / Frances Tiafoe (USA) def Andre Goransson (SWE) / Jiri Vesely (CZE) 76 (7) 16 [11-9]
Lorenzo Sonego / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) def. Fabio Fognini / Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 67 (3) 76 (5) [15-13]

Artem Sitak (NZL) / Igor Zelenay (SVK) def Pablo Andujar (ESP) / Pablo Cuevas (URU) WALKOVER