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After winning his opening match Tuesday night, wild card Andy Murray takes on No. 2 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili Wednesday for a spot in the quarterfinals.

Basilashvili had COVID about a month ago. And when he was playing in the ATP Cup last week he complained about being able to take only shallow breaths, and really looked in some distress.

We’ll see how he pulls up this week.

WTA Down Under – Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022 final results

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Adelaide International 2
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Category: ATP 250 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Dates: Jan. 10 – 15, 2022
Prize money: $493,875
Draws: S28 – D24

Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022
Final results

Singles, second round

[LL] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) def. [1] Gael Monfils (FRA) 67 (2) 63 10 retd
[WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) def [2] John Isner (USA) 67 (5) 76 (5) 76 (5)
[Q] Corentin Moutet (FRA) def [8] Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 62 62

[3] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def. Gianluca Mager (ITA) 75 63
[4] Marin Cilic (CRO) def. Jaume Munar (ESP) 76 (6) 62

Tommy Paul (USA) def. Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) 64 76 (6)
Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) def. Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) 57 63 62
[WC] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) def. [Q] Steve Johnson (USA) 64 75

Doubles, second round

[WC] Aaron Addison / Thomas Fancutt (AUS) def [1] Rajeev Ram (USA) / Joe Salisbury (GBR) 67 (4) 64 [10-8]
Oscar Otte (GER) / Benoit Paire (FRA) def [5] Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Ben McLachlan (JPN) 76 (5) 67 (9) [10-4]

[2] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) def. Treat Huey (PHI) / Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 63 16 [10-4]
[3] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Neal Skupski (GBR) def Luke Saville / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 76 (2) 76 (3)
[4] Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) def. Steve Johnson / Austin Krajicek (USA) 57 63 [10-5]
[6] Ariel Behar (URU) / Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) def Nicholas Monroe (USA) / Holger Rune (DEN) 62 64
[7] Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Andres Molteni (ARG) def. Ivan Sabanov / Matej Sabanov (SRB) 63 76 (6)
[8] Tomislav Brkic (BIH) / Nikola Cacic (SRB) def. Alexander Bublik (KAZ) / Jan Zielinski (POL) 63 62

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Sydney Tennis Classic
Location: Sydney, Australia
Category: ATP Tour 250 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Dates: Jan. 10 – 15, 2022
Prize money: $521,000
Draws: S28 – D24

Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022
Final results

Singles, second round

[WC] Andy Murray (GBR) def [2] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 67 (4) 76 (3) 63
Brandon Nakashima (USA) def [7] Fabio Fognini (ITA) 76 (7) 76 (6)

[1] Aslan Karatsev (RUS) def. Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 75 64
[3] Daniel Evans (GBR) def. Pedro Martinez (ESP) 62 63
[4] Reilly Opelka (USA) def. [WC] Jordan Thompson (AUS) 63 62
[5] Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) def. [Q] Sebastian Baez (ARG) 62 63
[8] David Goffin (BEL) def. [LL] Denis Kudla (USA) 62 63