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MELBOURNE, Australia – Finally, after six months, Canadian Denis Shapovalov gets on court to start the 2024 season.
His ranking is down below the top 100 now, so he’ll have to use a protected injury ranking to get into the Australian Open.
But for this return in Auckland, he was to play the qualifying until some withdrawals meant there was a wild card available for him.
He’s never played Ofner before. But the late-blooming Austrian has more matches in the bank this WEEK than Shapovalov has had since last early last summer.
(Auckland is 18 hours ahead of EST; Adelaide is 15 1/2 hours ahead).
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ASB Classic
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Category: ATP Tour 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan. 8 – 13, 2024
Prize money: $739,945
Draws: S28 / D16
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
[7] Sebastian Ofner (AUT) def. [WC] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 64 62
[6] Arthur Fils (FRA) def. [WC] Richard Gasquet (FRA) 63 64
[8] Max Purcell (AUS) def. [WC] Kiranpal Pannu (NZL) 64 64
Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) def Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 64 63
Doubles, first round
[2] Maximo Gonzalez / Andres Molteni (ARG) def. Christopher Eubanks / Ben Shelton (USA) [ALT] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) / Bart Stevens (NED) 67 (9) 64 [10-6]
Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) def. Fabian Marozsan (HUN) / Sebastian Ofner (AUT) [ALT] Anirudh Chandrasekar / Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) 64 75
Romain Arneodo (MON) / Sam Weissborn (AUT) def. [WC] Artem Sitak / Rubin Statham (NZL) 75 36 [10-8]
Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Nikola Mektic (CRO) def. Lucas Miedler / Alexander Erler (AUT) 64 46 [10-7]
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Adelaide International
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Category: ATP Tour 250 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan. 8 – 13, 2024
Prize money: $739,945
Draws: S28 / D16
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
[7] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def. [Q] Adam Walton (AUS) 61 63
[8] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) def. [LL] James McCabe (AUS) 62 63
Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) def. [LL] Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) 64 63
[Q] Alex Bolt (AUS) def. [LL] Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) 63 62
Daniel Evans (GBR) def. [WC] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 63 64
[WC] Christopher O’Connell (AUS) def [Q] Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 64 64
Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) def Yannick Hanfman (GER) 75 26 76 (9)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) def. [Q] Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG) 62 62
Doubles, first round
Nicolas Barrientos (COL) / Rafael Matos (ESP) def. Alexander Shevchenko (RUS) / Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) 62 63
Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) / Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) def. Facundo Diaz Acosta / Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) [ALT] Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) / Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) 62 64
Evan King / Reese Stalder (USA) def. Victor Vlad Cornea (ROU) / Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 62 64
Andreas Mies (GER) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) def. Ariel Behar (URU) / Adam Pavlasek (CZE) 46 64 [10-8]
Marcelo Melo (BRA) / Matwe Middelkoop (NED) def. [WC] Blake Ellis / Calum Puttergill (AUS) 75 64
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