FINDING all the ATP and WTA Tour scores in one place can be difficult, so Rookie Me Central has you covered. Here are all the main draw results from the tennis tournaments heading into February 12.
ATP TOUR
ABN AMRO WORLD TENNIS TOURNAMENT:
Rotterdam, Netherlands | ATP 500 | Hard
Czech qualifier Jiri Lehecka is the lone player outside the top three seeds heading into the ATP 500 event in Rotterdam. The rising talent continued his run at the major event with a three-set victory over Italian young gun Lorenzo Musetti. He now takes on top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas who defeated Australian Alex de Minaur, whilst the second and third seeds in Andrey Rublev and Felix Auger-Aliassime meet in the other semi-final having won their respective quarter finals.
QUARTER FINALS:
[1] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) defeated Alex de Minaur (AUS) 6-4 6-4
[2] Andrey Rublev (RUS) defeated Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 6-4 6-3
[3] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) defeated [6] Cameron Norrie (GBR) 7-5 7-6
[Q] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) defeated Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 6-3 1-6 7-5
DALLAS OPEN:
Dallas, United States | ATP 250 | Hard
An all-American semi-final lineup awaits those in Dallas after the three remaining international representatives were eliminated in favour of home nation heroes. In three of the four matches, the higher seeds won out, with second seed Reilly Opelka, third seed John Isner and fourth seed Jenson Brooksby all triumphing in straight sets. Top seed Taylor Fritz had a shock loss, but it came from compatriot and seventh seed Marcos Giron.
QUARTER FINALS:
[7] Marcos Giron (USA) defeated [1] Taylor Fritz (USA) 6-4 3-6 7-6
[2] Reilly Opelka (USA) defeated [5] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 6-3 6-4
[3] John Isner (USA) defeated [Q] Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 6-4 6-4
[4] Jenson Brooksby (USA) defeated Jordan Thompson (AUS) 6-3 6-0
ARGENTINA OPEN:
Buenos Aires | ATP 250 | Clay
Three of the four Argentina Open quarter finals were completed overnight, with top seed Casper Ruud knocking off Argentinian Federico Coria in straight sets. He was joined in the final four by Italian Lorenzo Sonego who defeated Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco, whilst Sonego’s compatriot Fabio Foginini was not as lucky, going down to another Argentinian in sixth seed Federico Delbonis. The all-Argentinian quarter final between top seed Diego Schwartzman and qualfiier Francisco Cerundolo takes place first thing tomorrow.
QUARTER FINALS:
[1] Casper Ruud (NOR) defeated Federico Coria (ARG) 6-3 6-4
[3] Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) defeated [PR] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 6-4 7-6
[6] Federico Delbonis (ARG) defeated [4] Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-4 6-4
WTA TOUR
ST PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY:
St Petersburg, Russia | WTA 500 | Hard
Despite the St Petersburg draw allowing a number of upsets over the journey, the top two seeds remain heading into the semi-finals. Greek number one seed Maria Sakkari, and second seed Estonian Anett Kontaveit both won through against fellow seeds Elise Mertens and Belinda Bencic in identical 7-6 6-2 scorelines. Meanwhile seventh seed Jelena Ostapenko survived a three-set thriller against unseeded Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and Irina-Camelia Begu became the last remaining unseeded player at the WTA 500 event.
QUARTER FINALS:
[1] Maria Sakkari (GRE) defeated [8] Elise Mertens (BEL) 7-6 6-2
[2] Anett Kontaveit (EST) defeated [5] Belinda Bencic (SUI) 7-6 6-2
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) defeated Tereza Martincova (CZE) 6-4 6-2
[7] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 7-6 4-6 6-3
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