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Denis Shapovalov, who had a disappointing Marseille on the singles side (but reached the doubles final) tries to reset against the very tough Marton Fucsovics as he opens his Dubai campaign.
Two other fascinating matches: Aslan Karatsev, who won the tournament as a wild card a year ago after his run at the Australian Open, finds himself a year later with his first ATP title defence.
As well, No. 4 seed Jannik Sinner – but kicked the entire team that brought him to the top 10 to the curb a couple of weeks ago – returns to action. He currently has Simone Vagnozzi as his coach.
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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
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022
Final results
Singles, first round
[6] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs. Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 46 64 75
Mackenzie McDonald (USA) def [7] Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 75 63
[2] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def Daniel Evans (GBR) 64 75
[4] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 46 76 (6) 63
[5] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 63 61
[8] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) def. Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 63 64
[Q] Ricardas Berankis (LTU) def Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 61 36 63
Karen Khachanov (RUS) def Alex de Minaur (AUS) 63 67 (1) 75
Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) def Ilya Ivashka (BLR) 63 62
[LL] Alex Molcan (SVK) def Lloyd Harris (RSA) 63 63Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) [LL] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) def Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 62 63
Doubles, first round
[1] Nikola Mektic / Mate Pavic (CRO) def. Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 62 36 [10-5]
[3] John Peers (AUS) / Filip Polasek (SVK) def. [WC] Saketh Myneni / Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 75 75
[PR] Austin Krajicek (USA) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def. [WC] Abdulrahman Al Janahi / Omar Alawadhi (UAE) 60 60
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) / Fabrice Martin (FRA) def Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies (GER) 62 64
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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
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022
Final results
Singles, first round
Tommy Paul (USA) def [5] Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 46 51 retd
[1] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def. Benoit Paire (FRA) 63 64
[3] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def. Laslo Djere (SRB) 76 (7) 76 (4)
[4] Rafael Nadal (ESP) def. [LL] Denis Kudla (USA) 63 62
[6] Cameron Norrie (GBR) def. [Q] Daniel Altmaier (GER) 76 (5) 62
[PR] Pablo Andujar (ESP) def. [WC] Alex Hernandez (MEX) 60 61
Marcos Giron (USA) def. [SE] John Millman (AUS) 76 (3) 20 retd
[Q] Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) def [WC] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 26 60 64
[Q] J.J. Wolf (USA) def Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 36 76 (7) 62
Doubles, first round
[2] Juan Sebastian Cabal / Robert Farah (COL) def [LL] Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) / Max Schnur (USA) 57 62 [10-4]
[WC] Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) / John Isner (USA) def. [LL] David Marrero / Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 63 26 [16-14]
[LL] Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) / Harri Heliovaara (FIN) def. Marcelo Melo (BRA) / Alexander Zverev (GER) 62 46 [10-6]
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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
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022
Final results
Singles, first round
[WC] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) def. [Q] Renzo Olivo (ARG) 61 63
[PR] Yannick Hanfmann (GER) def [5] Federico Coria (ARG) 36 62 64
[6] Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def. Marco Cecchinato (ITA) 75 61
[7] Sebastian Baez (ARG) def. Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) 64 64
Hugo Dellien (BOL) def. [Q] Gonzalo Lama (CHI) 63 64
Jaume Munar (ESP) def Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) 61 63
[Q] Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida (BRA) def. Holger Rune (DEN) 64 64
Carlos Taberner (ESP) def Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG) 62 75
Doubles, first round
Facundo Bagnis (ARG) / Jaume Munar (ESP) def [2] Pedro Martinez (ESP) / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 46 76 (3) [10-5]
Federico Delbonis / Guillermo Duran (ARG) def [4] Nicholas Monroe / Jackson Withrow (USA) 63 36 [10-7]
[3] Andre Goransson (SWE) / Nathaniel Lammons (USA) def. Albert Ramos-Vinolas / Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) 62 75
Ivan Sabanov / Matej Sabanov (SRB) def Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) / Nicolas Jarry (CHI) [ALT] Yannick Hanfmann (GER) / Fernando Romboli (BRA) 62 64
Orlando Luz / Thiago Monteiro (BRA) def Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) / Luis David Martinez (VEN) 63 64
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