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Fairly light schedule on this Monday in ATP land, with the qualifying finals in Marseille starting things off, and some opening matches in Dubai.
The biggest event of the week is in Rio, where the draw basically looks the same as it did this past week in Buenos Aires – but the points and the prize money are exponentially bigger. And the place is sold out, from Day 1.
Andy Murray, given a wild card into the event, headlined the night session in Doha and gave the crowd its money’s worth, and then some.
(Doha is eight hours ahead of ET, Marseille six hours ahead, and Rio two hours ahead)
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Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Location: Doha, Qatar (ATP 250)
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 20 – 26, 2023
Prize money: $1,485,775
Draw size: S28 / D16
Monday, Feb. 20, 2023
Final results
Singles, first round
[7] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) def. Constant Lestienne (FRA) 64 63
[Q] Liam Broady (GBR) def. [Q] Oleksii Krutykh (UKR) 60 46 76 (2)
[WC] Andy Murray (GBR) def. Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 46 61 76 (4)
Jason Kubler (AUS) def Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 76 (4) 10 retd
Christopher O’Connell (AUS) def [WC] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 61 36 60
Doubles, first round
[ALT] Patrik Niklas-Salminen / Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) def [1] Nikola Mektic / Mate Pavic (SRB) 62 76 (5)
[2] Hugo Nys (MON) / Jan Zielinski (POL) def. Roman Jebavy / Adam Pavlasek (CZE) 64 76 (4)
Daniel Evans / Jonny O’Mara (GBR) def. Ilya Ivashka (BLR) / Andrey Rublev (RUS) 67 (5) 75 [10-7]
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Rio Open
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (ATP 500)
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: Feb. 20 – 26, 2023
Prize money: $2,178,980
Draw size: S32 / D16
Monday, Feb. 20, 2023
Final results
Singles, first round
[Q] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) def. [3] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 64 61
[9] Alex Molcan (SVK) def. [WC] Joao Fonseca (BRA) 60 63
[PR] Hugo Dellien (BOL) def Joao Sousa (POR) 60 62
Laslo Djere (SRB) def. [Q] Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 62 32 retd
Pedro Martinez (ESP) def Cristian Garin (CHI) 76 (0) 64
Thiago Monteiro (BRA) def [PR] Dominic Thiem (AUT) 61 36 76 (2)
Doubles, first round
Tomas Martin Etcheverry / Diego Schwartzman (ARG) def. Pedro Cachin / Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) 62 64
Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow (USA) def. Sebastian Baez (ARG) / Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 75 46 [10-6]
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Open 13 Provence
Location: Marseille, France (ATP 250)
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 20 – 26, 2023
Prize money: €784,930
Draw size: S28 / D16
Monday, Feb. 20, 2023
Final results
Singles, first round
Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) def. [WC] Luca Van Assche (FRA) 75 75
Alexander Bublik (KAZ) def. Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 57 63 64
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) def Zizou Bergs (BEL) 64 67 (6) 64
Doubles, first round
[ALT] Romain Arneodo (MON) / Sam Weissborn (AUT) def [5] Sander Arends / David Pel (NED) 62 63
[WC] Luca Sanchez (FRA) / Petros Tsitsipas (GRE) def Gregoire Barrere / Albano Olivetti (FRA) 61 76 (1)
Qualifying, final round
(1st-round opponents in brackets)
Gijs Brouwer (NED) def [1] Raul Brancaccio (ITA) 61 64 (Elias Ymer)
[2] Lukas Klein SVK) def. Zsombor Piros (HUN) 75 61 ([6] David Goffin)
[8] Laurent Lokoli (FRA) def [3] Filip Misolic (AUT) 64 63 ([7] Richard Gasquet)
Alexander Ritschard (SUI) def Antoine Bellier (SUI) 63 76 (1) (Pablo Andujar)
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