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With the 28-player draws at 250s, a lazy start to the tournament in Eastbourne, although Mallorca began on Sunday so there’s a little more action there.

It’s also pretty crazy that there’s a first-round doubles match featuring THREE former No. 1 players, including two who won Wimbledon together and another who reached the final. And neither team is seeded at a 250.

Stefanos Tsitsipas, who took a wild card into the singles, obviously made a little side deal that if he played with Feliciano Lopez in the Spaniard’s Spanish career finale, his brother Petros would ALSO get a wild card. Win win!

(Mallorca is six hours ahead of EDT; Eastbourne is five hours ahead).

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Mallorca Championships
Location: Mallorca, Spain
Surface: Grass
Category: ATP 250
Dates: June 24 – July 1, 2023
Prize money: €984,805
Draws: S28 – D16

Monday, June 26, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

Jordan Thompson (AUS) def. [6/WC] Richard Gasquet (FRA) 63 64
[Q] Lloyd Harris (RSA) def [7] Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) 62 76 (2)

[8] Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) def. Ilya Ivashka (BLR) 64 16 63

Christopher Eubanks (USA) def. [LL] Alex Michelsen (USA) 63 67 (6) 75
Yannick Hanfmann (GER) def Pedro Cachin (ARG) 62 61
[LL] Pavel Kotov (RUS) def [Q] Li Tu (AUS) 76 (4) 63
[Q] Roman Safiullin (RUS) def. [Q] Abdullah Shelbayh (JOR) 61 64

Doubles, first round

[1] Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def. [WC] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 64 64
[2] Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) def [WC] Bart Stevens (NED) / Petros Tsitsipas (GRE) 67 (5) 75 [10-7]
[4] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) def. Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) / Fabrice Martin (FRA) 64 76 (4)

Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow (USA) def Jason Kubler / Luke Saville (AUS) 63 64
Francisco Cabral (POR) / Rafael Matos (BRA) def. Roberto Carballes Baena / Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) 46 63 [10-2]

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Rothesay International
Location: Eastbourne, GBR
Surface: Grass
Category: ATP 250 (Joint event with WTA 500)
Dates: June 26 – July 1, 2023
Prize money: €791,545
Draws: S28 – D16

Monday, June 26, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

J.J. Wolf (USA) def [6] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 62 64

[8] Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def. Yibing Wu (CHN) 76 (4) 76 (5)

Sebastian Baez (ARG) def. Nuno Borges (POR) 63 64

Gregoire Barrere (FRA) def Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 36 76 (6) 76 (4)
Q] Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) def [WC] Ryan Peniston (GBR) 63 62
[Q] Luca Van Assche (FRA) def. [WC] George Loffhagen (GBR) 26 76 (5) 76 (4)
[Q] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) def Brandon Nakashima (USA) 67 (5) 76 (3) 76 (5)

Doubles, first round

[4] Hugo Nys (MON) / Jan Zielinski (POL) def. Albano Olivetti (FRA) / David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 62 63

Nikola Mektic / Mate Pavic (CRO) def Jamie Murray (GBR) / Michael Venus (NZL) 76 (5) 64
[WC] Liam Broady / Jonny O’Mara (GBR) def. [WC] Julian Cash / Luke Johnson (GBR) 64 76 (6)

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