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The spring ATP clay-court season begins in earnest, with three tournament – a 500 in Barcelona, and 250s in Banja Luka, Bosnia (relocated from Belgrade this year) and Munich.

We’ll see if Monte Carlo champion Andrey Rublev and finalist Holger Rune make their dates. But Denis Shapovalov is back, making his clay start as the No. 14 seed in Barcelona.

WTA Tour – Monday, April 17, 2023 final results

(Barcelona, Munich and Banja Luka are six hours ahead of EDT).

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Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell
Location: Barcelina, Spain
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Category: ATP 500
Dates: April 17 – 23, 2023
Prize money: €2,872,4355
Draws: S48 – D16

Monday, April 17, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

Nuno Borges (POR) def Ilya Ivashka (BLR) 62 63
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) def. [WC] Pablo Andujar (ESP) 62 75
Nicolas Jarry (CHI) def. [Q] Marco Trungelliti (ARG) 75 63
[Q] Jozef Kovalik (SVK) def Pedro Martinez (ESP) 75 26 75
[Q] Pavel Kotov (RUS) def. [Q] Oleksii Krutykh (UKR) 67 (5) 64 61
Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) def Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 60 63
Ben Shelton (USA) def. Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 75 64
Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) def. [PR] Attila Balazs (HUN) 62 62

Doubles, first round

Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) / Harri Heliovaara (FIN) def Hugo Nys (MON) / Jan Zielinski (POL) 26 76 (5) [10-0]
[Q] Maximo Gonzalez / Andres Molteni (ARG) def [WC] Jaume Munar / Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 61 76 (6)

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BMW Open
Location: Munich, Germany
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Category: ATP 250
Dates: April 17 – 23, 2023
Prize money: €630,705
Draws: S28 – D16

Monday, April 17, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

Marcos Giron (USA) def [7] Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 61 57 62

[Q] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) def Jordan Thompson (AUS) 75 61
[WC] Yannick Hanfmann (GER) def Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 67 (3) 76 (5) 62

[8] Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) vs. [PR] Kyle Edmund (GBR) 76 (3) – suspended

Doubles, first round

Yuki Bhambri / Saketh Myneni (IND) def [3] Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow (USA) 63 76 (4)

Robin Haase (NED) / Philipp Oswald (AUT) def. [WC] Matthias Bachinger (GER) / Dominic Thiem (AUT) 64 62

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Srpska Open
Location: Banja Luka, BIH
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Category: ATP 250
Dates: April 17 – 23, 2023
Prize money: €630,705
Draws: S28 – D28

Monday, April 17, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

Alexei Popyrin (AUS) def [5] Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 76 (4) 76 (4)

Alex Molcan (SVK) def. Taro Daniel (JPN) 36 75 61
Luca Van Assche (FRA) def Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 16 76 (4) 64

[8] Gregoire Barrere (FRA) vs. [WC] Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) – cancelled

Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs. Filip Krajinovic (SRB) H2H 62 46 20 – suspended

Doubles, first round

Andre Goransson (SWE) / Ben McLachlan (JPN) def [4] Nicolas Barrientos (COL) / Ariel Behar (URU) 76 (7) 62

Robert Galloway (USA) / Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs. [ALT] Andrey Golubev (KAZ) / Denys Molchanov (UKR) 67 (4) 64 31 – suspended

Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[1] Radu Albot (MDA) def. Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) 63 63 (Federico Coria)
[WC] Dino Prizmic (CRO) def [3] Liam Broady (GBR) 75 63 ([7] Richard Gasquet)
[ALT] Abdullah Shelbayh (JOR) def [5] Lukas Klein (SVK) 64 62 ([Q] Elias Ymer)
[6] Elias Ymer (SWE) def. Francesco Maestrelli (ITA) 75 64 ([Q] Abdullah Shelbayh)