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 3.
ATP TOUR
OPEN SUD DE FRANCE:
Montpellier, France | ATP 250 | Hard
World number three Alexander Zverev got off to a winning start since losing at the Australian Open, defeating American Mackenzie McDonald in Montpeller. The match went to a tight second set tiebreaker but the German proved too good, winning 6-2 7-6. Elsewhere it was chaos for the seeds, with fourth seed Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili and eighth seed David Goffin both knocked out of the tournament. Qualifier Damir Dzumhur advance through to the last eight alongside French duo Adrian Mannarino and Richard Gasquet.
ROUND OF 16:
[1] Alexander Zverev (GER) defeated Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 6-2 7-6
Mikael Ymer (SWE) defeated [3] Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-1 6-2
[Q] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) defeated [4] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 6-1 5-7 6-2
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) defeated [8] David Goffin (BEL) 6-4 6-2
Richard Gasquet (FRA) defeated Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) 7-5 6-4
CORDOBA OPEN:
Cordoba, Argentina | ATP 250 | Clay
In Argentina, Sebastian Baez caused a big upset, coming from behind to defeat third seed and clay court specialist Cristian Garin in a come from behind win. Baez, who showed promising signs at Melbourne Park, only dropped two games in the last three sets. Meanwhile the other two seeds in fourth seed Lorenzo Sonego and sixth seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas both secured wins, whilst Chilean qualifier Alejandro Tabilo knocked off Spaniard Carlos Taberner.
ROUND OF 16:
[6] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) defeated [Q] Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) 6-4 2-3 RET
[4] Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) defeated Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 4-6 7-6 6-2
Sebastian Baez (ARG) defeated [3] Cristian Garin (CHI) 4-6 6-1 6-1
[Q] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) defeated Carlos Taberner (ESP) 6-2 6-4
TATA OPEN MAHARASHTRA:
Pune, India | ATP 250 | Clay
Over in Pune, the biggest upset of the day on the ATP Tour occurred, with Swedish qualifier Elias Ymer knocking out top seed Aslan Karatsev. The world number 163 was on his game, and though he is yet to crack into the Top 010 at any stage in his career, the 25-year-old got the win, 6-2 7-6. The other three seeds out on court all secured wins, with Jiri Vesely, Emil Ruusuvuori and Stefano Travaglia advancing through to the quarter finals.
ROUND OF 16:
[Q] Elias Ymer (SWE) defeated [1] Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 6-2 7-6
[4] Jiri Vesely (CZE) defeated Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) 6-3 6-4
[6] Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) defeated [Q] Vit Kopriva (CZE) 6-3 6-3
[8] Stefano Travaglia (ITA) defeated [PR] Yuki Bhambri (IND) 6-3 6-2
WTA TOUR
The next WTA Tour tournament takes place on February 7 in St Petersburg for the WTA 500 St Petersburg Ladies Trophy.
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