ATP & WTA Tour Scores: February 5, 2022
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 6.
ATP TOUR
OPEN SUD DE FRANCE:
Montpellier, France | ATP 250 | Hard
Tournament favourite Alexander Zverev showed no mercy in his straight sets win over Mikael Ymer, advancing to the final and ending the Swede’s run in the final four. He will now take on sixth seed Alexander Bublik in the final after the Kazakh knocked off fifth seed Filip Krajinovic, 6-4 6-2.
SEMI-FINALS:
[1] Alexander Zverev (GER) defeated Mikael Ymer (SWE) 6-1 6-3
[6] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) defeated [5] Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 6-4 6-2
CORDOBA OPEN:
Cordoba, Argentina | ATP 250 | Clay
It was a disappointing day for the home nation hopes at the Cordoba Open when both top seed Diego Schwartzman and wildcard Juan Ignacio Londero bowed out. They lost to Chilean qualifier Alejandro Tabilo and sixth seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the two tight straight sets results.
SEMI-FINALS:
[Q] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) defeated [1] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 6-3 7-6
[6] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) defeated [WC] Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) 7-6 6-4
TATA OPEN MAHARASHTRA:
Pune, India | ATP 250 | Clay
World number 87, Finnish young gun Emil Ruusuvuori is gunning for his maiden ATP Tour title after defeating Polish talent Kamil Majchrzak. He won in a tight two-set match 6-3 7-6 and now will take on Portugal’s Joao Sousa in the final. Sousa fought back from a set down against Swedish qualifier Elias Ymer to win 5-7 7-6 7-5 to book a spot in the decider and go for his fourth title. It also marked that both Ymer brothers fell on the same day.
SEMI-FINALS:
[6] Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) defeated Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 6-3 7-6
Joao Sousa (POR) defeated [Q] Elias Ymer (SWE) 5-7 7-6 7-5
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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Getting his Fils: Arthur slays Hanfmann
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