Open 13 Provence—Marseille, France

Herbert Advances in Marseille; Rybakina Reaches Quarterfinals in Doha

Wednesday’s schedule on the Open 13 Provence in Marseille, France featured Pierre-Hugues Herbert profitable an all-French battle to begin the day, defeating Harold Mayot 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Herbert, who’s at the moment ranked No. 192 on the planet, hit 16 aces, gained 82 p.c of his first serve factors and broke his opponent on three events.

Herbert will subsequent face high seed Daniil Medvedev for a spot within the quarterfinals. Medvedev acquired a bye within the first spherical.

Different outcomes on the day noticed No. 7 seed Lorenzo Sonego and qualifier Hugo Grenier advance. Sonego moved into the quarterfinals when Luca Van Assche withdrew from their second spherical match, and Grenier dismissed Arthur Gea 7-5, 6-4 in first spherical motion.

Nonetheless to return on Wednesday, No. 2 seed and defending champion Ugo Humbert will face Alexander Bublik, and No. 3 seed Karen Khachanov will tackle Hamad Medjedovic.

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Qatar TotalEnergies Open 2025—Doha, Qatar

Wednesday’s motion on the Qatar TotalEnergies Open 2025 in Doha, Qatar noticed former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina attain the quarterfinals, defeating Rebecca Sramkova 7-6(1), 6-2.

Needing one hour and 24 minutes to advance, Rybakina used her massive serve to hit 4 aces, gained 90 p.c of her first serve factors, and broke her Slovakian opponent on 4 events.

Rybakina, who’s at the moment ranked No. 7 on the planet, will subsequent face both No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek or inform Linda Noskova.

Different outcomes on the day featured former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko defeat No. 4 seed Jasmine Paolini, 6-2, 6-2.

The Latvian will subsequent face both Ons Jabeur or Sofia Kenin.

Different matches which are nonetheless on deck on Wednesday will see No. 6 seed Jessica Pegula taking up No. 10 seed Daria Kasatkina, and Marta Kostyuk dealing with Magda Linette.

Tuesday’s motion featured a stunner of a consequence as high seed Aryna Sabalenka was defeated by Ekaterina Alexandrova, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) in two hours and 36 minutes.

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