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It was finally Rafael Nadal time in singles in Melbourne, as Gaël Monfils took the court in Adelaide. Both were successful

A little of the long-promised rain fell on Thursday afternoon, – actually, it really chucked down for awhile – but the delay didn’t turn out to be eternal.

The sun quickly returned, the kids with towels came out, and they got back to work.

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Adelaide International 1
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Category: ATP 250 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Dates: Jan. 3, 2022
Prize money: $600,000
Draws: S28 – D24

Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022
Final results

Singles, second round

[1] Gael Monfils (FRA) def. Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG 62 61
[2] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def. Steve Johnson  (USA) 64 46 62
[6] Tommy Paul (USA) def. [Q] Taro Daniel (JPN) 64 67 (1) 64

[Q] Egor Gerasimov (BLR) def Gianluca Mager (ITA) 61 36 63

Doubles, second round

Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) /Hugo Nys (MON) def. [2] Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) 46 76 (5) [10-7]

[1] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) def Nicholas Monroe / Frances Tiafoe (USA) 67 (3) 75 [10-8]
[3] Ariel Behar (URU) / Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) def. Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) / Artem Sitak (NZL) 75 61

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Melbourne Summer Set
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Category: ATP Tour 250
Dates: Jan. 4 – 9, 2022
Prize money: $521,000
Draws: S28 – D24

Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022
Final results

Singles, second round

[Q] Maxime Cressy (USA) def. [2] Reilly Opelka (USA) 46 76 (5) 76 (9)
Alex Molcan (SVK) def [4] David Goffin (BEL) 75 63
Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) def. [8] Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 62 75

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) def. [Q] Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 62 75
[3] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def. Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 57 76 (3) 63
Tallon Griekspoor (NED) def. Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 63 46 63
Jaume Munar (ESP) def. [LL] Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 61 75 
Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) def. Jordan Thompson (AUS) 76 (3) 57 63

Doubles, second round

Marcus Daniell (NZL) / Denis Kudla (USA) def. [5] Dominic Inglot / Ken Skupski (GBR) 46 76 (4) [10-4]
Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) / Stefano Travaglia (ITA) def. [8] Matt Reid / Jordan Thompson (AUS) 75 46 [10-5]

[1] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Neal Skupski (GBR) def. Tallon Griekspoor (NED) / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 63 36 [10-4]
[2] Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Ben McLachlan (JPN) def. Ricardas Berankis (LTU) / Denys Molchanov (UKR)
[3] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) def. [ALT] Altug Celikbilek (TUR) / Yannick Maden (GER) 63 62
[4] Andrey Golubev (KAZ) / Franko Skugor (CRO) def. [ALT] Jaume Munar / Rafael Nadal (ESP) WALKOVER
[6] Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) def Grigor Dimitrov  (BUL) / David Goffin (BEL) 76 (2) 36 [10-7]
[7] Romain Arneodo (MON) / Andreas Mies (GER) def. Marcos Giron (USA) / Dominik Koepfer (GER) 46 63 [10-8]

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