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 9.
ATP TOUR
ABN AMRO WORLD TENNIS TOURNAMENT:
Rotterdam, Netherlands | ATP 500 | Hard
Czech 20-year-old Jiri Lehecka caused the upset of the day at Rotterdam, ousting fifth seed Denis Shapovalov in two tight sets, 6-4 6-4. The top two seeds went through as planned, though Stefanos Tsitsipas needed three full sets to knock off Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, advancing to the second round after a 7-5 6-7 6-4 victory. Home nation talent Botic Van de Zandschup also advanced, whilst Lorenzo Musetti took down the in-form Swede, Mikael Ymer, and Karen Khachanov outlasted Australian Alexei Popyrin in a third set tiebreaker.
ROUND OF 32:
[1] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 7-5 6-7 6-4
[2] Andrey Rublev (RUS) defeated [Q] Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 6-4 6-4
[Q] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) defeated [5] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 6-4 6-4
Botic Van de Zandschulp (NED) defeated [Q] Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) 6-1 6-2
Karen Khachanov (RUS) defeated Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 6-7 6-1 7-6
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) defeated [SE] Mikael Ymer (SWE) 6-3 6-7 6-3
DALLAS OPEN:
Dallas, United States | ATP 250 | Hard
It was a day for qualifiers in the Dallas Open, with four qualifiers advancing through to the second round against higher ranked opposition. Jurij Rodionov caused the biggest upset with a three-set win over sixth seed United States representative Maxime Cressy, 7-6 4-6 6-1. Great Britain’s Liam Broady, Germany’s Cedrick-Marcel Stebe and Canada’s Vasek Pospisil all advanced through to the next round, while Australian Jordan Thompson and former Top 10 player Jack Sock also booked their spots in the round of 16.
ROUND OF 32:
[Q] Jurij Rodionov (AUT) defeated [6] Maxime Cressy (USA) 7-6 4-6 6-1
[7] Marcos Giron (USA) defeated Tennys Sandgren (USA) 6-4 6-4
[WC] Jack Sock (USA) defeated Oscar Otte (GER) 6-4 6-4
Jordan Thompson (AUS) defeated Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 7-5 6-3
[Q] Liam Broady (GBR) defeated Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 6-1 6-4
[Q] Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) defeated Denis Kudla (USA) 7-6 3-6 6-3
[Q] Vasek Pospisil (CAN) defeated [WC] Caleb Chakravarthi (USA) 6-1 6-0
[WC] Mitchell Krueger (USA) vs. Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN)
ARGENTINA OPEN:
Buenos Aires | ATP 250 | Clay
Argentinian legend Juan Martin del Potro made his return from injury in his home nation after an interrupted few years, but it was not a sweet homecoming, knocked out comfortably by compatriot, sixth seed Federico Delbonis. Wildcard Sebastian Baez continued his great start to the season with a straight sets win over Danish teen, Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune, whilst four Spaniards – Jaume Munar, Pablo Andujar, Roberto Carballes Baena and Pedro Martinez – all got up. Seventh seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas must not have got the message, with the Cordoba Open winner bowing out at the first chance in Buenos Aires.
ROUND OF 32:
[6] Federico Delbonis (ARG) defeated [WC] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) 6-1 6-3
Thiago Monteiro (BRA) defeated [7] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 6-3 6-3
Jaume Munar (ESP) defeated [Q] Tomas Etcheverry (ARG) 6-4 6-4
[WC] Sebastian Baez (ARG) defeated [WC] Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune (DEN) 7-6 6-3
[PR] Pablo Andujar (ESP) defeated [SE] Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) 6-2 6-4
Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) defeated [Q] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 7-6 6-2
Pedro Martinez (ESP) defeated [SE] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) 6-2 6-4
WTA TOUR
ST PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY:
St Petersburg, Russia | WTA 500 | Hard
In the sole WTA Tour event, all three seeds on court got through with relative ease, as Maria Sakkari (first seed), Petra Kvitova (second) and Jelena Ostapenko (seventh) all reached the second round of play in St Petersburg. It was a great day for Romania as well, with all three representatives in Irina-Camelia Begu, Sorana Cirstea and Jaqueline Cristian winning. Other winners included young gun Kaja Juvan, Croatian Petra Martic and German Andrea Petkovic.
ROUND OF 32:
[1] Maria Sakkari (GRE) defeated Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 6-4 6-4
[6] Petra Kvitova (CZE) defeated Jule Niemeier (GER) 6-2 6-1
[7] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) defeated Xinyu Wang (CHN) 6-1 6-4
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) defeated Shuai Zhang (CHN) 6-3 6-1
Kaja Juvan (SLO) defeated Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 4-6 6-4 6-3
Petra Martic (CRO) defeated Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 6-4 2-6 6-4
Tereza Martincova (CZE) defeated Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 2-6 6-1 6-4
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) defeated Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 7-5 3-6 6-4
Andrea Petkovic (GER) defeated Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 7-6 6-2
Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) defeated Bernarda Pera (USA) 7-6 6-4
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) defeated Magda Linette (POL) 7-5 4-6 6-4
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