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Quarterfinals in Dubai where top seed Félix Auger-Aliassime met No 8 seed Jiri Lehecka.
They hadmet once a year for the last three years, with Lehecka shocking the Canadian in the fourth round of the 2023 Australian Open. FAA won on a retirement in Madrid in 2024, as Lehecka was going through his back problems.
Their last meeting, indoors last fall in Brussels, was a super-tight affair.
With the win, FAA now will meet No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev.
(Santiago is 2 hours ahead of ET; Dubai 9 hours ahead and Acapulco an hour behind)
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Dubai Duty Free Championships
Location: Dubai, UAE
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 23 – 28, 2026
Prize Money: $3,311,005
Draws: S32 – D16
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026
Final results
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Singles, quarterfinals
[1] Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def [8] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) 63 76 (2)
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Tallon Griekspoor (NED) def [6] Jakub Mensik (CZE) 63 36 62
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[3] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def Jenson Brooksby (USA) 62 61
[5] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 62 64
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Doubles, quarterfinals
[1] Julian Cash / Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) def Théo Arribage / Albano Olivetti (FRA) 67 (6) 63 [10-4]
[4] Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) def. Petr Nouza / Patrik Rikl (CZE) 67 (4) 62 [10-8]
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Abierto Mexicano Telcel
Location: Acapulco, Mexico
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 23 – 28, 2026
Prize Money: $2,469,450
Draws: S32 – D16
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026
Final results
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Singles, quarterfinals
Brandon Nakashima (USA) def [6] Valentin Vacherot (MON) 26 62 63
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[5] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) def [Q] Yibing Wu (CHN) 76 (4) 61
[8] Frances Tiafoe (USA) def Mattia Bellucci (ITA) 63 64
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Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def Térence Atmane (FRA) 63 63
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Doubles, quarterfinals
Alexander Erler (AUS) / Robert Galloway (USA) def [3] Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) 76 (3) 64
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[Q] Vasil Kirkov (USA) / Bart Stevens (NED) def Guido Andreozzi (ARG) / Manuel Guinard (FRA) 61 60
Marcelo Melo (BRA) / Alexander Zverev (GER) def [WC] Nuno Borges (POR) / Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) 63 36 [10-4]
[WC] Rafael Jodar (ESP) / Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (MEX) def Flavio Cobolli (ITA) / Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) WALKOVER
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BCI Seguros Chile Open
Location: Santiago, Chile
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: Feb. 23 – March 1, 2025
Prize Money: $700,045
Draws: S28 – D16
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026
Final results
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Singles, second round
[8] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) def. Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) 46 63 63
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[1] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) def. Elmer Moller (DEN) 62 62
[3] Sebastian Baez (ARG) def Cristian Garin (CHI) 76 (2) 16 75
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Emilio Nava (USA) def. [Q] Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) 75 63
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Doubles, quarterfinals
[2] Orlando Luz / Rafael Matos (BRA) def Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 76 (7) 76 (8)
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Finn Reynolds / James Watt (NZL) def [ALT] Jaime Faria / Henrique Rocha (POR) 64 67 (5) [10-7]
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