
Carlos Alcaraz, Alex de Minaur and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – all of whom went deep in Monte Carlo with Alcaraz obviously going the deepest – were already back on court Tuesday in Barcelona. And got through
In Munich, there’s a late-afternoon doubleheader featuring Canucks Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov. Shapovalov was to play Gaël Monfils; instead, he got a 17-year-old German lucky loser and retired in the second set because of illness.
Auger-Aliassime was up a break in the third against the sturdy Navone, and went out in a third-set tiebreak.
Not. good Canuckian day. To say the least.
(Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Munich are six hours ahead of EDT).
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Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: April 14 – 20, 2025
Prize Money: €2,889,200
Draws: S32 – D16
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Final results
Singles, first round
Jaume Munar (ESP) def [9] Frances Tiafoe (USA) 26 75 61
[1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def. [Q] Ethan Quinn (USA) 62 76 (6)
[2] Casper Ruud (NOR) def. [Q] Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) 64 63
[3] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def. [PR] Reilly Opelka (USA) 62 62
[5] Alex de Minaur (AUS) def Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 64 64
[7] Arthur Fils (FRA) def [WC] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 76 (6) 63
Sebastian Baez (ARG) def. [LL] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 61 75
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) def [WC] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 61 64
[Q] Laslo Djere (SRB) def [LL] Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 67 (2) 61 62
Karen Khachanov (RUS) def. [Q] Cameron Norrie (GBR) 67 (3) 64 63
Doubles, first round
Alexander Erler (AUT) / Constantin Frantzen (GER) def. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard / Albano Olivetti (FRA) 76 (4) 62
Joe Salisbury / Neal Skupski (GBR) def. Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) / Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 64 67 (8) [10-5]
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BMW Open
Location: Munich, Germany
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: April 14 – 20, 2025
Prize Money: €2,500,000
Draws: S32 – D16
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Final results
Singles, first round
[LL] Diego Dedura-Palomero (GER) def [8] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 76 (2) 30 retd
Mariano Navone (ARG) def. [3] Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 26 64 76 (3)
[WC] Yannick Hanfmann (GER) def [6] Jakub Mensik (CZE) 76 (4) 46 63
[4] Ugo Humbert (FRA) def Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 46 63 62
[5] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) def Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 60 62
Zizou Bergs (BEL) def. [Q] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 67 (5) 64 75
Luciano Darderi (ITA) def [7] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) [LL] Christopher O’Connell (AUS) 76 (3) 76 (3)
Fabian Marozsan (HUN) def. [WC] Justin Engel (GER) 64 61
[LL] Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) def Flavio Cobolli (ITA) 67 (2) 63 64
[LL] Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) def Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 64 36 64
Doubles, first round
Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Ben Shelton (USA) def [4] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Rajeev Ram (USA) 64 63
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