Top seeds advance in Doha

The second round began in both Doha and Rotterdam, with the last four round one matches in Rotterdam also played.

ABN AMRO  World Tennis Tournament - an ATP 500 category tournament, on Hard GreenSet, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, 11-17 February 2019.

First round

• Marton Fucsovics defeated Martin Klizan 7-6(4) 6-4
• Daniil Medvedev (5) defeated Jérémy Chardy 7-6(2) 6-2
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated qualifier Thomas Fabbiano 6-1 6-4
• Damir Dzumhur defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) 6-4 1-6 7-5

The upset began with half of the opening set games being breaks of serve.  Tsitsipas prevented Dzumhur from consolidating his first two breaks, but after breaking again in the ninth game, Bosnia Herzegovina had something to cheer about, as Dzumhur served out the set, sealing it with an ace.

The Greek response was swift and sharp, Tsitsipas racing to 5-0 in set two, eventually taking it 6-1, 87% of points won on first serve.

Dzumhur put that disastrous episode behind him and proceeded to attack the Tsitsipas forehand with success, building a 4-2 advantage.  The momentum shifted when Dzumhur was broken, and games were soon 4-4.

Tsitsipas saved two match points when serving at 4-5, but wasn’t as fortunate at 5-6 as Dzumhur broke to love and took the match, his first win of the year.

Second round 

• Gaël Monfils defeated Andreas Seppi 4-6 6-1 6-3
• Wildcard Stan Wawrinka defeated Milos Raonic (4) 6-4 7-6(4)
• Denis Shapovalov (10) defeated wildcard Tomas Berdych 6-4 6-3

Qatar Total Open - a WTA Premier category tournament, on Hard Plexicushion, in Doha, Qatar, 11-16 February 2019.

Karolina Pliskova (2) was a late withdrawal through illness and her replacement was lucky loser, twin sister Kristyna.  Now, Kiki Bertens is not drawn to meet a seeded player until the semis.

Second round

• Wildcard Elina Svitolina (4) defeated Jelena Ostapenko 6-4 6-4
• Qualifier Karolina Muchova defeated Su-Wei Hsieh 6-2 6-4
• Barbora Strycova defeated qualifier Anna Blinkova 6-0 3-6 6-0
• Kiki Bertens (5) defeated Carla Suarez Navarro 2-6 6-1 6-1
• Elise Mertens defeated lucky loser Kristyna Pliskova 6-2 7-6(3)
• Julia Goerges (9) defeated lucky loser Alison Riske 6-1 6-7(5) 6-4
• Simona Halep (1) defeated Lesia Tsurenko 6-2 6-3
• Angie Kerber (3) defeated Anett Kontaveit 6-1 7-6(3)

Quarter final match ups:

Simona Halep (1) v Julia Goerges (9)

Elina Svitolina (4) v qualifier Karolina Muchova 

Barbora Strycova v Angie Kerber (3)

Kiki Bertens (5) v Elise Mertens