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Without looking too deeply into it, having a pair like Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray as your night session, on a Monday night, in a 500 tournament, is probably something that hasn’t happened too often.

So Djokovic, who hasn’t played since last year, gets back on the horse at the first opportunity.

Noteworthy that Carlos Alcaraz (winner in Rio on clay) and Reilly Opelka (a title and a final back-to-back) withdrew from Acapulco. Félix Auger-Aliassime also had a title and a final (indoors) and has pulled out of Dubai this week.

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Dubai Duty Free Championships
Location: Dubai UAE
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Category: ATP 500
Dates: Feb. 21 – 26, 2022
Prize money: $2.949.665
Draws: S28 – D16

Monday, Feb. 21, 2022
Final results

Singles, first round

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. [WC] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 63 63

[Q] Taro Daniel (JPN) def David Goffin (BEL) 63 76 (5)
Filip Krajinovic (SRB) def. [WC] Malek Jaziri (TUN) 67 (4) 62 64
[WC] Andy Murray (GBR) def. [Q] Christopher O’Connell (AUS)  67 (4) 63 75
[Q] Jiri Vesely (CZE) def Marin Cilic (CRO) 64 76 (3)

Doubles, first round

Hubert Hurkacz (POL) / Jannik Sinner (ITA) def. [Q] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) / Altug Celikbilek (TUR) 76 (6) 64
Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) def. [LL] Daniel Evans / Ken Skupski (GBR) 64 75

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Abierto Mexicano Telcel
Location: Acapulco, Mexico
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Category: ATP 500
Dates: Feb. 21 – 26, 2022
Prize money: $1,832,890
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, Feb. 21, 2022
Final results

Singles, first round

[2] Alexander Zverev (GER) def. Jenson Brooksby (USA) 36 76 (10) 62
[7] Taylor Fritz (USA) def. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 63 63
[8] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) def. [Q] Oscar Otte (GER) 62 64

[LL] Peter Gojowczyk (GER) def Brandon Nakashima (USA) 64 64
 John Isner (USA) def. [WC] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 75 67 (4) 76 (3)
Maxime Cressy (USA) [LL] Stefan Kozlov (USA) def Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)  76 (8) 57 63
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) def Sebastian Korda (USA) 64 46 75

Doubles, first round

[WC] Feliciano Lopez (GRE) / Stefanos Tsitsipas (ESP) def. [Q] Luke Saville / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 76 (7) 64

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Chile Dove Men+Care Open
Location: Santiago, Chile
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Outdoor clay
Dates: Feb. 21 – 26, 2022
Prize money: $546,340
Draws: S28 – D16

Monday, Feb. 21, 2022
Results

Central

1. [Q] Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) def Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 46 64 75
2. [8] Facundo Bagnis (ARG) def. Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) 63 60
3. [WC] Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) def. [LL] Nicolas Kicker (ARG) 64 36 64
4. Thiago Monteiro (BRA) vs. [WC] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) H2H 

Court 1

1. Marco Cecchinato (ITA) / Carlos Taberner (ESP) [ALT] Nikola Milojevic (SRB) / Zdenek Kolar (CZE) def. [WC] Gonzalo Lama / Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) 64 16 [10-7]

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