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The top four seeds in Doha – actually, seven of the eight seeds will be in action – finally took the court in Doha.

Notable among them is No. 2 seed Félix Auger-Aliassime, who must turn the page on the disappointment of not defending his title in Rotterdam and look to the task at hand – Australian Open doubles champion Jason Kubler. After a slow start, he got there.

But the spotlight match of the day was struggling No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev (who, despite his injury absence and lack of wins is still in the top 20) against wild card Andy Murray. Murray pulled off another victory from the brink. In fact, all of his victories this season were plucked from the jaws of defeat.

In Rio, there was a lot of rain Tuesday, and so a number of matches were postponed, or cancelled altogether – a couple of them when the favorites were just a game away from winning.

So only two second-round matches are through.

(Doha is eight hours ahead of ET, Marseille six hours ahead, and Rio two hours ahead)

WTA – Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 results

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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

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

[2] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def. Jason Kubler (AUS) 46 61 64

[WC] Andy Murray (GBR) def. [4] Alexander Zverev (GER) 76 (5) 26 75
Christopher O’Connell (AUS) def [5] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 36 76 (5) 64
[Q] Alexandre Muller (FRA) def [8] Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) 62 64

[1] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 16 61 76 (6)
[3] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def. [Q] Liam Broady (GBR) 64 63
[7] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) def. Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) 63 62

Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 62 76 (2)

Doubles, quarterfinals

Daniel Evans / Jonny O’Mara (GBR) def [2] Hugo Nys (MON) / Jan Zielinski (POL) 76 (3) 75
Constant Lestienne (FRA) / Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) def [4] Robin Haase / Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 63 16 [10-8]

[3] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Matthew Ebden (AUS) def Yuki Bhambri / Saketh Myneni (IND) 16 64 [11-9]

[ALT] Patrik Niklas-Salminen  / Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) def Bart Stevens  / Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 76 (4) 64

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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

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

[PR] Hugo Dellien (BOL) def [9] Alex Molcan (SVK) 16 62 62

[2] Cameron Norrie (GBR) def. Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 75 75

Singles, first round

Dusan Lajovic (SRB) def [5] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 61 64

[1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def. [WC] Mateus Alves (BRA) 64 64
[6] Sebastian Baez (ARG) def. [WC] Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 63 62
[7] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) def. Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 57 64 64

Fabio Fognini (ITA) def. [Q] Tomas Barrios Vera (CHI) 62 63
Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) def Jaume Munar (ESP) 63 75

Doubles, first round

[Q] Nikola Cacic (SRB) / Andrea Pellegrino (ITA) def. [1] Rafael Matos (BRA) / David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 76 (8) 46 [11-9] 
Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) def [3] Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini (ITA) 63 46 [11-9]

[2] Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) def. Alexander Erler / Lucas Miedler (AUT) 64 36 [10-7]

Tomislav Brkic (BIH) / Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) def [WC] Marcelo Demoliner / Felipe Meligeni Alves (BRA) 16 75 [13-11]
Maximo Gonzalez / Andres Molteni (ARG) def. [LL] Mateus Alves / Joao Fonseca (BRA) 75 76 (4)

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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

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) def [5] Maxime Cressy (USA) 67 (5) 64 63

[7] Richard Gasquet (FRA) def Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 46 75 62

Alexander Bublik (KAZ) def. Gregoire Barrere (FRA) 64 62

Singles, first round

[WC] Arthur Fils (FRA) def. Roman Safiullin (RUS) 64 63
Mikael Ymer (SWE) def. Radu Albot (MDA) 63 76 (5)

Doubles, first round

[1] Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def. Benjamin Bonzi / Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 60 64
[2] Nicolas Mahut / Fabrice Martin (FRA) def Andrew Harris / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 76 (6) 62

Zizou Bergs / David Goffin (BEL) def. Marco Bortolotti (ITA) / Sergio Martos Gornes (ESP) 36 62 [10-7]

 

ATP – Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023 final results

WTA – Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023 final results

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