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Oh no!!!! SIX singles matches on both courts at the ATP tournament in Sofia Tuesday.
The noise will begin about how late matches finishes, in indoor tournaments, with limited courts. That was the loudest refrain last week at the Paris Masters.
On the plus side, Sofia was doing what Paris did not do – which is start a little earlier, at 10 a.m.
The Metz OOP was a little less packed. But not by much. And they started at noon.
(Metz is six hours ahead of EST; Sofia is seven hours ahead).
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Location: Metz, France
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Nov. 5 – 11, 2023
Prize money: €630,705
Draws: S28 – D16
Tuesday, Nov. 7 , 2023
Final results
Singles, second round
[3] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def. Constant Lestienne (FRA) 64 64
[4] Ugo Humbert (FRA) def. Dominic Thiem (AUT) 76 (5) 46 63
[Q] Harold Mayot (FRA) def Gregoire Barrere (FRA) 76 (2) 26 76 (5)
Singles, first round
[LL] Mate Valkusz (HUN) def [9] Daniel Altmaier (GER) 62 62
[WC] Fabio Fognini (ITA) def Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) 76 (3) 76 (0)
[Q] Abdullah Shelbayh (JOR) def Hugo Gaston (FRA) 76 (5) 62
Doubles, first round
[2] Harri Heliovaara (FIN) / Andreas Mies (GER) def. Alexander Bublik (KAZ) / Alexander Shevchenko (RUS) 63 63
[4] Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) def. Romain Arneodo (MON) / Sam Weissborn (AUT) 64 63
Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND) / Bart Stevens (NED) def. Luca Sanchez / Theo Arribage (FRA) 63 64
Constantin Frantzen / Hendrik Jebens (GER) def Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Victor Vlad Cornea (ROU) 63 76 (5)
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Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Nov. 6 – 11, 2023
Prize money: €630,705
Draws: S28 – D16
Tuesday, Nov. 7 , 2023
Final results
Singles, first round
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) def [9] Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 76 (9) 67 (2) 76 (5)
[6] Max Purcell (AUS) def. Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 63 63
[7] Sebastian Ofner (AUT) def [Q] Vitaliy Sachko (UKR) 64 36 62
[8] Marton Fucsovics (HUN) def. [Q] Terence Atmane (FRA) 76 (4) 63
Jack Draper (GBR) def. Maximilian Marterer (GER) 63 62
[Q] Billy Harris (GBR) def [Q] Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) 64 36 76 (5)
[WC] Cem Ilkel (TUR) def. [WC] Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) 60 63
Fabian Marozsan (HUN) def Zsombor Piros (HUN) 63 61
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) def Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 75 46 63
Pavel Kotov (RUS) def. [WC] Alexandar Lazarov (BUL) 36 61 62
Christopher O’Connell (AUS) def Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) 67 (3) 61 76 (2)
Jurij Rodionov (AUT) def. [LL] Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (USA) 76 (4) 67 (4) 64