By Britwatch Team
- WTA Dubai
- ATP Rio de Janeiro
- ATP Delray Beach
- ATP Marseille
Latest Tennis Results – Full main draw singles results from ATP & WTA tournaments this week, plus our quick hits of the day’s action.
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Tournament Results & Quick Hits – WTA Dubai
- The Queen of comebacks Daria Kasatkina did it again as she battled hard from a set down in a second set tie-break to grab the momentum and to reach the Dubai final. Coming into the semi-final she had spent 392 minutes on court!
- By contrast, Angelique Kerber had spent the least amount of time on court (197 minutes coming into the semi-final) but she looked unsettled from the start of her match and her losing streak against Elina Svitolina stretched to four on the bounce.
- Svitolina is attempting to defend a title for the second time in her career (Baku 2013-14) and could become the third woman behind Justine Henin (2003-04) and Venus Williams (2009-10) to defend the title.
| WTA Dubai $2,623,485 | SF | 23-Feb |
| D Kasatkina (RUS) | 36 76(11) 61 | G Muguruza [2] (ESP) |
| E Svitolina [1] (UKR) | 63 63 | A Kerber [6] (GER) |
ORDER OF PLAY – SATURDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2018
CENTRE COURT Starting at: 5:00 pm
DOUBLES FINAL
Su-Wei HSIEH (TPE) Shuai PENG (CHN) [4] vs Hao-Ching CHAN (TPE) Zhaoxuan YANG (CHN)
Not Before 7:00 pm
SINGLES FINAL
Elina SVITOLINA (UKR) [1] vs Daria KASATKINA (RUS)
Tournament Results & Quick Hits – WTA Budapest
- We could be set for an all Slovak final as top seed Dominika Cibulkova could face Lucky Loser Viktoria Kuzmova if they both triumph in their semi-finals in Budapest.
| WTA Budapest $250,000 | QF | 22-Feb |
| V Kuzmova [LL] (SVK) | 64 62 | P Martic (CRO) |
| M Barthel (GER) | 63 64 | Y Bonaventure [Q] (BEL) |
| D Cibulkova [1] (SVK) | 63 62 | J Larsson (SWE) |
| A Van Uytvanck (BEL) | 62 64 | Zhang S [2] (CHN) |
ORDER OF PLAY – SATURDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2018
KÖRMÖCZY COURT Starting at: 3:00 pm
Kirsten FLIPKENS (BEL) Johanna LARSSON (SWE) [1] vs Irina BARA (ROU) Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU)
Not Before 5:00 pm
Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) [1] vs Mona BARTHEL (GER)
followed by
[LL] Viktoria KUZMOVA (SVK) vs Alison VAN UYTVANCK (BEL)
Tournament Results & Quick Hits – ATP Rio de Janeiro
- It has been a busy week for Fernando Verdasco – he not only ended Dominic Thiem’s attempt to defend his Rio title, not to mention winning back to back titles after scooping the hardware in Buenos Aires, but the Spaniard along with David Marrero put our No. 2 seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the doubles.
- Diego Schwartzman scurried past Gael Monfils in 83 minutes to book a spot in his first tour-level semi-final since Antwerp last year.
| ATP Rio de Janeiro $1,842,476 | QF | 23-Feb |
| N Jarry (CHI) | 75 63 | P Cuevas [7] (URU) |
| D Schwartzman [6] (ARG) | 63 64 | G Monfils (FRA) |
| F Verdasco [8] (ESP) | 64 60 | D Thiem [2] (AUT) |
| F Fognini [5] (ITA) | 67(3) 63 61 | A Bedene (SLO) |
ORDER OF PLAY – Saturday, 24 February 2018
QUADRA CENTRAL Matches Start At: 5:00 pm
Diego SCHWARTZMAN (ARG) [6] vs Nicolas JARRY (CHI)
followed by
Fabio FOGNINI (ITA) [5] vs Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) [8]
followed by
After Suitable Rest
Nikola MEKTIC (CRO) Alexander PEYA (AUT) vs [LL] David MARRERO (ESP) Fernando VERDASCO (ESP)
DOUBLES FINAL
Tournament Results & Quick Hits – ATP Delray Beach
- Delray Beach is the poster-tournament this week for #NextGenATP action led by Denis Shapovalov who came from a set down to notch up a place in his second ATP World Tour semi-final.
- However the rain had other plans for Frances Tiafoe and Hyeon Chung. Tiafoe was in the ascendency and forced Chung to save three match points before the rains came down. At one stage, Chung just won one point before play was finally suspended.
| ATP Delray Beach $622,675 | R2 | 22-Feb |
| D Shapovalov (CAN) | 67(6) 64 64 | J Donaldson (USA) |
| T Fritz (USA) | 61 46 63 | M Youzhny (RUS) |
| H Chung [8] (KOR) | 64 76(4) | F Skugor [Q] (CRO) |
| F Taifoe [WC] (USA) | 76(6) 46 75 | JM Del Potro [2] (ARG) |
ORDER OF PLAY – Saturday, 24 February 2018
STADIUM Matches Start At: 12:30 pm
Nicholas MONROE (USA) John-Patrick SMITH (AUS) [4] vs Matthew EBDEN (AUS) Donald YOUNG (USA)
Not Before 2:00 pm
TBF 7/5 4/6 3/5
Hyeon CHUNG (KOR) [8] vs [WC] Frances TIAFOE (USA)
Not Before 3:00 pm
Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER) vs Steve JOHNSON (USA)
Not Before 6:00 pm
Jack SOCK (USA) Jackson WITHROW (USA) vs Ben MCLACHLAN (JPN) Hugo NYS (FRA) [3]
Not Before 8:00 pm
Denis SHAPOVALOV (CAN) vs Hyeon CHUNG (KOR) [8] or [WC] Frances TIAFOE (USA)
Tournament Results & Quick Hits – ATP Marseilles
- Karen Khachanov advanced to his first ATP World Tour semi-final in eight months.
- Tomas Berdych had quite the contrast from his previous match advancing on a retirement after the first set.
- Meanwhile Lucas Pouille’s birthday present to himself was a win over the No. 8 seed Filip Krajinovic as he looks to go one better than his runner-up place last year.
- On the doubles side Dominic Inglot with Marcus Daniell reached the doubles final.
| ATP Marseilles €718,810 | QF | 23-Feb |
| K Khachanov [9] (RUS) | 64 64 | J Benneteau (FRA) |
| T Berdych [4] (CZE) | 76(4) RET | D Dzumhur [7] (BIH) |
| L Pouille [3] (FRA) | 76(5) 36 64 | F Krajinovic [8] (SRB) |
| I Ivashka [Q] (BLR) | 46 63 75 | N Mahut (FRA) |
ORDER OF PLAY – Friday, 23 February 2018
COURT CENTRAL Matches Start At: 12:00 noon
Marcus DANIELL (NZL) Dominic INGLOT (GBR) [4] vs Rohan BOPANNA (IND) Edouard ROGER-VASSELIN (FRA) [2]
Not Before 2:00 pm
Julien BENNETEAU (FRA) vs Karen KHACHANOV (RUS) [9]
followed by
Tomas BERDYCH (CZE) [4] vs Damir DZUMHUR (BIH) [7]
Not Before 7:00 pm
Filip KRAJINOVIC (SRB) [8] vs Lucas POUILLE (FRA) [3]
followed by
Nicolas MAHUT (FRA) vs [Q] Ilya IVASHKA (BLR)
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