No foolin’, as Cana-Moroccan Taha Baadi tried to back up his first career ATP Tour main-draw singles win with an upset over the mercurial Corentin Moutet.
It was short and swift in the Frenchman’s favour.
In Bucharest, Gabriel Diallo kicked off what (we would think) is his first ATP event as the No. 1 seed. He gets lefty qualifier Alex Molcan; Molcan is a quality dirtballer whose ranking dropped a fair bit when he was out with injury. And didn’t go well for the Canadian.
In Houston, top American seeds Ben Shelton (who is already into the doubles semifinal) and Tommy Paul took the court and got through tight ones.
(Houston is one hour behind EDT; Marrakech is five hours ahead, and Bucharest is seven hours ahead).
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Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship
Location: Houston, Texas
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: March 30 – April 5, 2026
Prize Money: $700,045
Draws: S28 – D16
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Final results
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Singles, second round
[1] Ben Shelton (USA) def. [WC] Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) 76 (5) 76 (3)
[4] Tommy Paul (USA) def. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) 36 64 64
[6] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) def. [Q] Alex Bolt (AUS) 67 (5) 60 63
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Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) def Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 62 60
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Doubles quarterfinal
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) / Ryan Seggerman (USA) def [2] Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Fernando Romboli (BRA) 64 46 [10-7]
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Singles, first round
Roman Andres Burruchaga (ARG) def. Adam Walton (AUS) 62 63
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Doubles, first round
[1] Orlando Luz / Rafael Matos (BRA) def. [WC] Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow (USA) 63 46 [10-3]
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Tiriac Open
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: March 31 – April 6, 2025
Prize Money: €596,035
Draws: S28 – D16
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Final results
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Singles, second round
[Q] Alex Molcan (SVK) def [1] Gabriel Diallo (CAN) 62 62
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Damir Dzumhur (BIH) def [4] Nuno Borges (POR) 76 (1) 64
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[7] Mariano Navone (ARG) def. Elmer Moller (DEN) 62 61
[8] Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) def Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) 75 61
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Doubles, first round
[4] Constantin Frantzen (GER) / Robin Haase (NED) def. Cleeve Harper (CAN) / David Stevenson (GBR) 36 61 [10-5]
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[1] Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) def Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND) / Takeru Yuzuki (JPN) 63 64
[2] Alexander Erler / Lucas Miedler (AUT) def. Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) / Marcus Willis (GBR) 63 64
[3] Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Michael Venus (NZL) def. Fabian Maroszan (HUN) / Alexander Shevcenko (KAT) 64 36 [10-3]
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Sander Gille (BEL) / Sem Verbeek (NED) def. Julian Schnaitter / Mark Wallner (GER) 06 64 [11-9]
N Sriram Balaji (IND) / Neil Oberleitner (AUT) def [WC] Alexandru Jecan / Bogdan Pavel (ROU) 26 61 [12-10]
Adam Pavlasek / Patrik Rikl (CZE) def. Ray Ho (TPE) / Hendrik Jebens (GER) 64 64
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Grand Prix Hassan II
Location: Marrakech, Morocco
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: March 30 – April 5, 2026
Prize Money: €612,620
Draws: S28 – D16
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Final results
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Singles, second round
[3] Corentin Moutet (FRA) def. [WC] Taha Baadi (MAR) 60 62
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[Q] Marco Trungelliti (ARG) def [5] Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 76 (4) 63
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[1] Luciano Darderi (ITA) def. Mattia Bellucci (ITA) 64 62
[8] Yannick Hanfmann (GER) def [WC] Karim Bennani (MAR) 64 67 (3) 62
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Doubles quarterfinal
[3] Théo Arribage / Albano Olivetti (FRA) def Tomas Machac / Matej Vocel (CZE) 63 67 (2) [10-8]
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Singles, first round
[6] Vit Kopriva (CZE) def. Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) 67 (4) 75 62
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Doubles, first round
[WC] Younes Lalami / Filip Pieczonka (POL) def [1] Hugo Nys (MON) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 75 63
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Karol Drzewiecki / Kamil Majchrzak (POL) def Ignacio Buse (PER) / Iñigo Cervantes (ESP) 76 (5) 76 (5)
Nicolas Barrientos (COL) / Ariel Behar (ECU) by WALKOVER
Alexandre Muller (FRA) / Veldheer (NED) def. Trey Hilderbrand (USA) / Jakub Paul (SUI) 64 36 [10-6]
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