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No. 1 Hurkacz and No. 2 Dimitrov enter in Marseille. and Both go through.

In Dallas, No. 1 Tiafoe and No. 4 Mannarino do the same.

The 28-player draws at ATP 250 events mean the top guns often wait until Thursday to play.

Also in Marseille, Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime lookws for a win over the exciting Chinese player Zhang Zhizhen to make his second consecutive quarterfinal. It didn’t go his way.

Cordoba’s sked was severely curtailed because of rain, as they look to catch up on Friday.

WTA Tour – Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 final results

(Marseille is 6 hours ahead of EST, Cordoba two hours ahead, and Dallas an hour behind)

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Open 13 Provence
Location: Marseille, France
Category: ATP Tour 250
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates:  Feb. 5 – 11, 2024
Prize money: €801,335
Draws: S28 / D16

Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024
Final results

Singles, second round

Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) def [7] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 64 64

[ALT] Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) def. [8] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) 75 76 (5)

[1] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def. Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) 61 64
[2] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def. Sebastian Korda (USA) 61 76 (5)
[5] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) def Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 63 75

Doubles, quarterfinals

Tomas Machac (CZE) / Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) def [2] Harri Heliovaara (FIN) / John Peers  (AUS) 64 36 [10-6]

[3] Alexander Erler / Lucas Miedler (AUT) def. Bart Stevens (NED) / Petros Tsitsipas (GRE) 62 63

Vasil Kirkov / Sebastian Korda (USA) def [ALT] Sander Arends / Sem Verbeek (NED) 57 64 [10-8]
Emil Ruusuvuori / Patrik Niklas-Salminen (FIN) def Andreas Mies (GER) / John-Patrick Smith  (AUS) 64 64

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Dallas Open
Location: Dallas, Texas
Category: ATP Tour 250
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 5 – 11, 2024
Prize money: $841,590
Draws: S28 / D16

Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024
Final results

Singles, second round

[1] Frances Tiafoe (USA) def Alex Michelsen (USA) 64 63
[4] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) def. Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) WALKOVER
[7] Jordan Thompson (AUS) def. [LL] Denis Kudla (USA) 61 61
[8] Dominik Koepfer (GER) def Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 63 76 (5)

Doubles, quarterfinals

[4] Max Purcell / Jordan Thompson  (AUS) def. Luis David Martinez (VEN) / Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) 61 63

[WC] Emilio Nava / Ben Shelton  (USA) def. Anirudh Chandrasekar / Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) 76 (5) 46 [12-10]
William Blumberg (USA) / Rinky Hijikata (AUS) def Francisco Cabral (POR) / Henry Patten (GBR) 36 63 [10-8]

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Cordoba Open
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Category: ATP Tour 250
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: Feb. 5 – 11, 2024
Prize money: $640,705
Draws: S28 / D16

Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024
Final results

Singles, second round

[Q] Luciano Darderi (ITA) def [4] Sebastian Ofner (AUT) 60 63

[7] Yannick Hanfmann (GER) vs. [Q] Roman Andres Burruchaga (ARG) 36 61 12 – suspended

Cancelled

[2] Sebastian Baez (ARG) vs. Hugo Dellien (BOL)
Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG) vs. [LL] Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG)

Doubles, quarterfinals

[WC] Federico Agustin Gomez / Renzo Olivo (ARG) def Theo Arribage / Luca Sanchez  (FRA) 36 63 [10-2]

Cancelled

[2] Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul  (FRA) vs. Victor Vlad Cornea (ROU) / Philipp Oswald  (AUT)
[4] Nicolas Barrientos (COL) / Rafael Matos (BRA) vs. Boris Arias / Federico Zeballos (BOL)

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ATP Tour – Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024 final results

WTA Tour – Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024 final results

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