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After just one event last week, with it being Davis Cup week, the ATP Tour returns full force with three – indoors on hard in Marseille and Dallas, and outdoors on clay in Cordoba.
Despite being a 250, Marseille has an impressive field, which includes both Canadians – Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov.
And Gasquet v Bautista Agut, a battle of mid-30-somethings once at the top of the game but now scrambling to get back there, was the spotlight evening match.
Former top-10s Goffin and Pouille battled it out … in the qualifying.
(Marseille is 6 hours ahead of EST, Cordoba two hours ahead, and Dallas an hour behind)
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Location: Marseille, France
Category: ATP Tour 250
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 5 – 11, 2024
Prize money: €801,335
Draws: S28 / D16
Monday, Feb. 5, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
[6] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) def. [ALT] Maximilian Marterer (GER) 64 62
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) def Richard Gasquet (FRA) 63 75
Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) def. [WC] Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) 76 (4) 64
Qualifying, final round
(1st-round opponents in brackets)
[3] Maxime Cressy (USA) def. [ALT] Martin Damm (USA) 64 64 ([ALT] Arthur Rinderknech)
[1] Hugo Gaston (FRA) def. [ALT] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 36 62 63 ([WC] Denis Shapovalov)
[4] David Goffin (BEL) def [WC] Lucas Pouille (FRA) 75 63 ([8] Jiri Lehecka)
[6] Hugo Grenier (FRA) def [2] Giulio Zeppieri (ITA) 36 75 63 (Sebastian Korda)
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Location: Dallas, Texas
Category: ATP Tour 250
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 5 – 11, 2024
Prize money: $841,590
Draws: S28 / D16
Monday, Feb. 5, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
[6] Max Purcell (AUS) def. [WC] Mitchell Krueger (USA) 62 46 76 (3)
Taro Daniel (JPN) def. Constant Lestienne (FRA) 46 64 50 retd
Doubles, first round
Anirudh Chandrasekar / Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) def [2] Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow (USA) 64 76 (2)
[1] Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Neal Skupski (GBR) def Reese Stalder / Evan King (USA) 63 76 (4)
[WC] Emilio Nava / Ben Shelton (USA) def. [WC] Huntley Allen / Julian Noah Steinhausen (USA) 64 67 (6) [10-8]
Qualifying, final round
(1st-round opponents in brackets)
[8] Steve Johnson (USA) def [1] Terence Atmane (FRA) 63 67 (4) 64 ([5] Chris Eubanks)
[3] Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (USA) def. [5] Denis Kudla (USA) 64 67 (4) 64 (Marcos Giron)
[2] Emilio Nava (USA) def [7] Marco Trungelliti (ARG) 63 46 64 (Michael Mmoh)
Tennys Sandgren (USA) def [6] Illya Marchenko (UKR) 75 76 (5) (Alex Michelsen)
[LL] Denis Kudla (USA) (Radu Albot)
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Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Category: ATP Tour 250
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: Feb. 5 – 11, 2024
Prize money: $640,705
Draws: S28 / D16
Monday, Feb. 5, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
[Q] Facundo Bagnis (ARG) def [WC] Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG) 64 62
Hugo Dellien (BOL) def Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) 64 26 63
Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG) def. [Q] Federico Agustin Gomez (ARG) 61 64
Jaume Munar (ESP) def. Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) 62 64
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) def Pedro Cachin (ARG) 64 36 61