ATP 500 Dubai, Acapulco 2/27 - 3/4 2023

[Ainsley]

I have another question about the draws in both Dubai and Acapulco. If both Medvedev and Alcaraz both withdraw today will the tournaments redraw up the draw or will they just add a substitute player in the spots of Medvedev and Alcaraz benefitting Mackenzie Macdonald and the Qualifier who would have played Medvedev?

[ponchi101]

Lucky Losers get their spot. The draw is already fixed.

[Ainsley]

Lucky Losers get their spot. The draw is already fixed.

That is really lucky for Mackenzie Macdonald.

[ti-amie]

Monday, February 27, 2023 Day 3 Dubai

Centre Court Starts At 2:00 Pm

(WC) Thanasi Kokkinakis VS (LL) Quentin Halys
Not Before 4:00 Pm
(WC) Malek Jaziri VS Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Not Before 7:00 Pm
Filip Krajinovic VS (2) Andrey Rublev
Followed By
(7) Alexander Zverev VS Jiri Lehecka

Court 1 Starts At 2:00 Pm

Marc-Andrea Huesler VS Lorenzo Sonego
Followed By
Tallon Griekspoor VS Constant Lestienne
Followed By
(WC) Alexei Popyrin VS (Q) Pavel Kotov
Not Before 5:00 Pm
Robin Haase/Matwe Middelkoop VS (Q) Andrew Harris/John-Patrick Smith

[Ainsley]

I really want to see how Zverev comes out and plays. He could easily be one and done in this tournament against Lehecka as he continues to come back to his form before his injury.

[ti-amie]

Monday, February 27, 2023 Day 3 Acapulco

Estadio Starts At 6:00 Pm

(3) Taylor Fritz VS John Isner
Followed By
(WC) Ben Shelton VS (4) Holger Rune
Not Before 9:00 Pm
Qualifier VS (2) Casper Ruud

Grandstand Starts At 6:00 Pm

Denis Shapovalov VS Miomir Kecmanovic
Followed By
Yoshihito Nishioka VS (6) Frances Tiafoe
Followed By
Emilio Gomez VS (7) Tommy Paul

Cancha 1 Starts At 6:00 Pm

Marcos Giron VS Michael Mmoh
Followed By
Christopher Eubanks VS (WC) Feliciano Lopez
Followed By
Qualifier VS J.J. Wolf

[Ainsley]

If Carlos Alcaraz does withdraw at the last minute in Acapulco this could set up quite well for my favorite player Taylor Fritz to do well. He has hard serving John Isner in the first round and that is a tough task to break his serve.

[ponchi101]

Taylor won't break Isner's serve, but Isner won't break Taylor's. Expect a couple, or three, sets in the 7-5/7-6 range, in 40 minutes all.
We have seen this movie before. Many times.

[Ainsley]

Taylor won't break Isner's serve, but Isner won't break Taylor's. Expect a couple, or three, sets in the 7-5/7-6 range, in 40 minutes all.
We have seen this movie before. Many times.

That is exactly what I am expecting in the match. I just hope Taylor is on the winning side when it comes to the end.

[ponchi101]

We all are...
(and I don't mind Isner).

[Ainsley]

We all are...
(and I don't mind Isner).

I don't mind Isner either, but I can close my eyes during his matches and know exactly what is going on.

[ti-amie]

Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Day 4 Dubai

Centre Court Starts At 2:00 Pm

Maxime Cressy VS (4) Felix Auger-Aliassime
Not Before 4:00 Pm
(3) Daniil Medvedev VS (LL) Matteo Arnaldi
Not Before 7:00 Pm
(1) Novak Djokovic VS (Q) Tomas Machac
Followed By
(LL) Alexander Shevchenko VS (5) Hubert Hurkacz

Court 1 Starts At 2:00 Pm

(6) Karen Khachanov VS Botic van de Zandschulp
Followed By
Daniel Evans VS (8) Borna Coric
Followed By
Alexander Bublik VS (Q) Alexandar Lazarov
Followed By
(3) Lloyd Glasspool/Harri Heliovaara VS Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz

Court 2 Starts At 2:00 Pm

Tomislav Brkic/Gonzalo Escobar VS (WC) Kareem Al Allaf/Abdulrahman Al Janahi
Followed By
(1) Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic VS Rohan Bopanna/Matthew Ebden
Followed By
Ilya Ivashka/Andrey Rublev VS (2) Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek
Followed By / After Suitable Rest
Daniel Evans/John Peers VS (WC) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi/Ramkumar Ramanathan

Court 3 Starts At 2:00 Pm

Emil Ruusuvuori VS (Q) Christopher O'Connell
Followed By
(LL) Francesco Passaro VS Mikael Ymer
Not Before 5:00 Pm / After Suitable Rest
Constant Lestienne/Botic van de Zandschulp VS Marcelo Melo/Alexander Zverev

[Ainsley]

It doesn't look like Medvedev is withdrawing. I wonder how far he will go in this tournament.

[ponchi101]

It doesn't look like Medvedev is withdrawing. I wonder how far he will go in this tournament.

Until he meets Novak. And if Novak is not motivated enough, he has a slim chance.

[Ainsley]

It doesn't look like Medvedev is withdrawing. I wonder how far he will go in this tournament.

Until he meets Novak. And if Novak is not motivated enough, he has a slim chance.

Unless he poops out before then.