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 [February 22, 2023]
Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori took down sixth seed Daniel Evans
of Great Britain 7-5, 6-4 in their first-round match at the Qatar
ExxonMobil Open on Tuesday in Doha.
Ruusuvuori fired seven aces and won 29 of 38 first-service points
(76.3 percent), holding on for the victory even as Evans saved six
of 10 break points and converted both his opportunities to break
Ruusuvuori.
Fifth seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain needed three sets to
outlast Hungary's Marton Fucsovics 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4 in about three
hours and eight minutes. No. 8 seed Botic van de Zandschulp of the
Netherlands beat Belarus' Ilya Ivashka 6-2, 7-5.
Other winners Tuesday were Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, Soonwoo Kwon
of South Korea, Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic and French
qualifier Alexandre Muller.
Open 13 Provence
No. 5 seed Maxime Cressy smashed 22 aces and fought past French wild
card Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4) in the first round
in Marseille, France.
Cressy, who also overcame 13 double faults, is a Paris-born American
looking to continue his run of strong form in France after reaching
the final of the Open Sud de France in Montpellier two weeks ago.
No. 6 seed David Goffin of Belgium beat Slovak qualifier Lukas Klein
6-2, 6-4, and No. 7 seed Richard Gasquet of France battled past
countryman Laurent Lokoli 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (5). Another Frenchman,
Gregoire Barrere, upset eighth seed Marc-Andrea Huesler of
Switzerland 6-3, 6-2.
Also advancing were Switzerland's Leandro Riedi and Alexander
Ritschard and Dutch qualifier Gijs Brouwer.
Rio Open
No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain was ahead 6-4, 5-3 over Brazilian
wild card Mateus Alves when rain halted play for the night in Rio de
Janeiro.
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Sep 3, 2022; Flushing, NY, USA; Daniel
Evans (GBR) hits a backhand against Marin Cilic (CRO) (not pictured)
on day six of the 2022 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie
Jean King Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY
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Alcaraz, the world No. 2, faced a stiff fight from
world No. 556 Alves, who had five aces and saved five of nine break
points in his tour-level debut before the suspension. They will
finish their match Wednesday evening.
Earlier on Tuesday, British No. 2 seed Cameron Norrie took down
lucky loser Juan Manuel Cerundolo 7-5, 6-1. The Argentine's older
brother, fourth seed Francisco Cerundolo, rallied past Spain's
Roberto Carballes Baena 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Daniel Elahi Galan of Colombia and Juan Pablo Varillas of Peru were
also winners Tuesday before the rain arrived. Two other matches were
suspended in their second sets and postponed, and three more matches
-- including matches featuring fifth seed Diego Schwartzman and
sixth seed Sebastian Baez, both of Argentina -- were also shifted to
Wednesday's schedule.
--Field Level Media
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