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Canadians Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov got on court in Adelaide Wednesday – although not against each other.
But if they won their matches, that would change in the quarterfinals. FAA made it; Shapo didn’t.
Meanwhile Ben Shelton and Francisco Cerundolo finally opened their 2025 seasons in Auckland. And went out.
(Auckland is 18 hours ahead and Adelaide is 15 1/2 hours ahead of ET).
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ASB Classic
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Jan. 6 – 11, 2025
Prize Money: $680,140
Draws: S28 – D16
Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025
Final results
Singles, second round
[Q] Nishesh Basavareddy (USA) def [2] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) 64 57 64
Jakub Mensik (CZE) def [1] Ben Shelton (USA) 76 (2) 46 75
[LL] Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG) def [3] Sebastian Baez (ARG) 64 76 (1)
Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) def [4] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) 62 75
[7] Nuno Borges (POR) def. Mariano Navone (ARG) 46 75 64
[8] Alex Michelsen (USA) def Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 76 (3) 62
[Q] Zizou Bergs (BEL) def. [Q] Luca Nardi (ITA) 61 64
Gaël Monfils (FRA) def. Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 61 76 (5)
Doubles, first round
[2] Maximo Gonzalez / Andres Molteni (ARG) def. Ariel Behar (URU) / Robert Galloway (USA) 16 75 [10-6]
[3] Julian Cash / Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) def. [WC] Kiran Pannu / Ajeev Rai (NZL) 63 61
[4] Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) def. Alexander Erler (AUT) / Andreas Mies (GER) 64 63
Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Albano Olivetti (FRA) def Sander Arends (NED) / Luke Johnson (GBR) 64 64
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Adelaide International
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Jan. 6 – 11, 2025
Prize Money: $766,290
Draws: S28 – D24
Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025
Final results
Singles, second round
[5] Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def. Arthur Cazaux (FRA) 16 64 75
Marcos Giron (USA) def Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 75 62
[LL] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) def [7] Brandon Nakashima (USA) 62 36 76 (5)
[WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) def. [8] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 75 46 76 (4)
[1] Tommy Paul (USA) def. [LL] M. Guinard (FRA) 64 36 63
[2] Sebastian Korda (USA) def. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 63 63
[Q] Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) def. [WC] Li Tu (AUS) 63 63
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def. Christopher O’Connell (AUS) 76 (1) 62
Doubles, second round
Hugo Nys (MON) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def. [5] Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow (USA) 63 75
[ALT] Petr Nouza / Patrik Rikl (CZE) def [7] Joe Salisbury / Neal Skupski (GBR) 76 (11) 62
Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Skander Mansouri (TUN) def [8] Sander Gille (BEL) / Jan Zielinski (POL) 75 76 (6)
[1] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Mate Pavic (CRO) def Rafael Matos / Marcelo Melo (BRA) 26 61 [10-2]
[2] Kevin Krawietz / Tim Puetz (GER) def. Andre Goransson (SWE) / Sem Verbeek (NED) 75 57 [10-7]
[4] Harri Heliovaara (FIN) / Henry Patten (GBR) def. N Sriram Balaji (IND) / Miguel Angel Reyes Varela (MEX) 36 63 [13-11]
[8] Matthew Ebden (AUS) / Joran Vliegen (BEL) def Guido Andreozzi (ARG) / Théo Arribage (FRA) 62 64
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