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Monday, February 20, 2023 Day 2 Marseille

Central Starts At 12:00 Noon / Qualifying Final

Antoine Bellier VS Alexander Ritschard
Followed By / Qualifying Final
Q2
(3) Filip Misolic VS (8) Laurent Lokoli
Not Before 4:00 Pm
Alexander Bublik VS Filip Krajinovic
Followed By R32
Benjamin Bonzi VS (WC) Luca Van Assche
Followed By R32
Zizou Bergs VS Stan Wawrinka

Court 1 Starts At 12:00 Noon / Qualifying Final

Q2
(2) Lukas Klein VS Zsombor Piros
Followed By / Qualifying Final
Q2
(1) Raul Brancaccio VS (5) Gijs Brouwer
Not Before 3:30 Pm R16
(WC) Luca Sanchez/Petros Tsitsipas VS Gregoire Barrere/Albano Olivetti
Not Before 7:30 Pm R16
(Alt) Romain Arneodo/Sam Weissborn VS (5) Sander Arends/David Pel

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:33 am Main Draw Singles - Doha

(1) Andrey Rublev/Bye
Tallon Griekspoor vs Quentin Halys
Qualifier vs Jiri Lehecka
Emil Ruusuvuori vs (6) Daniel Evans

(4) Alexander Zverev/Bye
Lorenzo Sonego vs (WC) Andy Murray
Jack Draper vs Qualifier
Ilya Ivashka vs (8) Botic van de Zandschulp

(5) Roberto Bautista Agut vs Marton Fucsovics
(WC) Fernando Verdasco vs Christopher O'Connell
Qualifier vs Qualifier
Bye/(3) Daniil Medvedev

(7) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs Constant Lestienne
(WC) Abedallah Shelbayh vs Soonwoo Kwon
Aslan Karatsev vs Jason Kubler
Bye/(2) Felix Auger-Aliassime

Lorenzo Sonego on court against Andy Murray. Sonego up early break in 1st set.

Murray won in three 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(4)

Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Day 4 Doha

Centre Court Starts At 2:30 Pm

Ilya Ivashka VS (8) Botic van de Zandschulp
Followed By
Emil Ruusuvuori VS (6) Daniel Evans
Not Before 6:00 Pm
(WC) Abedallah Shelbayh VS Soonwoo Kwon
Followed By
(5) Roberto Bautista Agut VS Marton Fucsovics

Grandstand 1 Starts At 2:30 Pm

Tallon Griekspoor VS Quentin Halys
Followed By
(LL) Nikoloz Basilashvili VS (Q) Alexandre Muller
Followed By
(Q) Damir Dzumhur VS Jiri Lehecka
Followed By
(4) Robin Haase/Matwe Middelkoop VS (WC) Malek Jaziri/Mubarak Shannan Zayid

Grandstand 2 Starts At 2:30 Pm

Yuki Bhambri/Saketh Myneni VS Tim Puetz/Jan-Lennard Struff
Not Before 3:30 Pm
(WC) Liam Broady/Alexander Zverev VS (3) Rohan Bopanna/Matthew Ebden
Followed By / After Suitable Rest
Jason Kubler/John Peers VS Tallon Griekspoor/Bart Stevens
Followed By / After Suitable Rest
Constant Lestienne/Botic van de Zandschulp VS Raven Klaasen/Hunter Reese

Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Day 3 Marseille

Central Starts At 11:30 Am

Dustin Brown/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi VS Philipp Oswald/Szymon Walkow
Not Before 1:30 Pm
Gregoire Barrere VS (8) Marc-Andrea Huesler
Followed By
(5) Maxime Cressy VS (WC) Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Not Before 6:00 Pm
(7) Richard Gasquet VS (Q) Laurent Lokoli
Not Before 8:00 Pm
Arthur Rinderknech VS Leandro Riedi

Court 1 Starts At 12:30 Pm

Elias Ymer VS (Q) Gijs Brouwer
Followed By
(3) Sander Gille/Joran Vliegen VS N.Sriram Balaji/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Not Before 4:00 Pm / Possible Court Change
Jonathan Eysseric/Denys Molchanov VS (WC) Arthur Fils/Luca Van Assche
Followed By
(Q) Lukas Klein VS (6) David Goffin
Followed By
(Q) Alexander Ritschard VS Pablo Andujar

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Day 5 Doha

Centre Court Starts At 2:30 Pm

Jason Kubler VS (2) Felix Auger-Aliassime
Followed By
(1) Andrey Rublev VS Tallon Griekspoor
Not Before 6:00 Pm
(4) Alexander Zverev VS (WC) Andy Murray
Followed By
(Q) Liam Broady VS (3) Daniil Medvedev

Grandstand 1 Starts At 2:30 Pm

QF
Daniel Evans/Jonny O'Mara VS (2) Hugo Nys/Jan Zielinski
Followed By
(Q) Alexandre Muller VS (8) Botic van de Zandschulp
Followed By
(7) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina VS Soonwoo Kwon
Followed By
Roberto Bautista Agut Or Marton Fucsovics VS Christopher O'Connell

Grandstand 2 Starts At 2:30 Pm

QF
Yuki Bhambri/Saketh Myneni VS (3) Rohan Bopanna/Matthew Ebden
Not Before 3:30 Pm
Jiri Lehecka VS Emil Ruusuvuori
Followed By / After Suitable Rest
QF
(4) Robin Haase/Matwe Middelkoop VS Constant Lestienne/Botic van de Zandschulp
Followed By / After Suitable Rest
QF
(Alt) Patrik Niklas-Salminen/Emil Ruusuvuori VS Tallon Griekspoor/Bart Stevens

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Day 4 Marseille

Central Starts At 11:30 Am

Andrew Harris/John-Patrick Smith VS (2) Nicolas Mahut/Fabrice Martin
Not Before 1:30 Pm
(5) Maxime Cressy VS Benjamin Bonzi
Followed By
(WC) Arthur Fils VS Roman Safiullin
Not Before 6:00 Pm
Alexander Bublik VS Gregoire Barrere
Not Before 8:00 Pm
(7) Richard Gasquet VS Stan Wawrinka

Court 1 Starts At 12:30 Pm

Mikael Ymer VS Radu Albot
Not Before 2:30 Pm
Marco Bortolotti/Sergio Martos Gornes VS Zizou Bergs/David Goffin
Not Before 4:00 Pm / Possible Court Change / ASR
(1) Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin VS Benjamin Bonzi/Arthur Rinderknech

Not surprised Nadal pulled out...he needs to rest his body, not slog through a 250 level event...IW and Miami suit him better anyway, and his buddy owns iW..

I agree that he needs to rest his body. And he needs to rest it all the way to Monte Carlo. Especially if Novak can play IW and MIA, which he will win.

It's always a lovely day when the Woman-Beater loses. Still, I can't wait for the snarky ATP's take on Wozniacki, with his inevitable 50-hour matches. to retire.

Thursday, February 23, 2023 Day 6 Doha

Centre Court Starts At 2:30 Pm

QF
(1) Andrey Rublev VS Jiri Lehecka
Followed By
QF
Andy Murray VS (Q) Alexandre Muller
Not Before 6:00 Pm / TBA
QF
Christopher O'Connell VS Liam Broady Or Daniil Medvedev
Followed By / TBA
QF
(7) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina VS (2) Felix Auger-Aliassime

Grandstand 1 Starts At 2:30 Pm

SF
(3) Rohan Bopanna/Matthew Ebden VS Daniel Evans/Jonny O'Mara
Not Before 4:00 Pm
SF
Patrik Niklas-Salminen/Emil Ruusuvuori Or Tallon Griekspoor/Bart Stevens VS Constant Lestienne/Botic van de Zandschulp

Thursday, February 23, 2023 Day 5 Marseille

Central Starts At 11:30 Am

Mikael Ymer VS (6) David Goffin
Not Before 1:30 Pm
(1) Hubert Hurkacz VS Leandro Riedi
Followed By
(4) Grigor Dimitrov VS (Q) Gijs Brouwer
Not Before 6:00 Pm
(WC) Arthur Fils VS (2) Jannik Sinner
Not Before 8:00 Pm
(Q) Alexander Ritschard VS (3) Alex de Minaur

Court 1 Starts At 12:30 Pm

N.Sriram Balaji/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan VS Dustin Brown/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
Followed By
(1) Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin VS (WC) Luca Sanchez/Petros Tsitsipas
Followed By / After Suitable Rest
Zizou Bergs/David Goffin VS (Alt) Romain Arneodo/Sam Weissborn
Not Before 4:00 Pm / Possible Court Change
Jonathan Eysseric/Denys Molchanov VS (2) Nicolas Mahut/Fabrice Martin

Sinner out (fever):

More walkovers.
This a is a trend, and both the ATP and WTA have to start looking at it. Are players being asked to play too much (this would have nothing to do with Sinner having a fever)? Are they just simply not playing when they don't want to?
Not saying one way or another, but something is happening and both tours need to find out.

Sinner shouldn't have signed up for three straight tournaments. I guess his excuse is that he didn't expect to do as well as he did in the first two.