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A 28-player draw means the top guns aren’t out until at least Wednesday, typically.

But a good popcorn match Monday night in Stockholm as No. 8 seed Frances Tiafoe took on Swedish wild card Elias Ymer, before his home crowd.

Tiafoe won in two close sets.

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Stockholm Open
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Category: ATP 250
Dates: Nov. 8 – 14, 2021
Prize money: €711,275
Draws: S28 – D16

Monday, Nov. 8, 2021
Final results

Singles, first round

[8] Frances Tiafoe (USA) def. [WC] Elias Ymer (SWE) 64 76 (2)

Marcos Giron (USA) [LL] Jozef Kovalik (SVK) def. Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 67 (5) 64 75
Filip Krajinovic (SRB) def. [Q] Denis Istomin (UZB) 64 62
[Q] Andrea Vavassori (ITA) def. [Q] Pavel Kotov (RUS) 63 64

Doubles, first round

Ariel Behar (URU) / Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) def [3] Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski (GBR) 76 (3) 63
Tomislav Brkic (BIH) / Nikola Cacic (SRB) def [4] Alexander Bublik / Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 63 61

Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) / Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) def Taylor Fritz / Tommy Paul (USA) 46 64 [10-8]

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