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WTA Tour – Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 final results

Semi-final day in Nur-Sultan, where home-country top seed Yulia Putintseva is looking good to take the title. But there’s some work to be done.

In Chicago, qualifier Mai Hontama – about as obscure as they come at a 500 – benefited from a walkover from Anett Kontaveit in the second round. And on Thursday, she benefited (perhaps) from a little “just beat a Grand Slam champion” hangover from Shelby Rogers.

By the time she got to Garbiñe Muguruza on Friday, she was a little out of gas. Still, the 6-3, 6-2 score doesn’t accurately reflect how much of a fight she put up.

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Chicago Fall Tennis Classic
Location: Chicago, Ill.
Category: WTA 500
Dates:
Sept. 27 – Oct. 3, 2021
Prize money: $565,530
Draws: S48 – D28

Friday, Oct. 1, 2021
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

[6] Ons Jabeur (TUN) def [1] Elina Svitolina (UKR) 64 62
[5] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. [3] Belinda Bencic (SUI) 64 31 retd
Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def [10] Danielle Collins (USA) 67 (4) 60 76 (3)

[2] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) def [Q] Mai Hontama (JPN) 63 62

Doubles, quarterfinals

[6] Darija Jurak (CRO) / Andreja Klepac (SLO) def [2] Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) 76 (4) 26 [11-9]
Kveta Peshke (CZE) / Andrea Petkovic (GER) def [3] Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) 46 64 [10-8]
[WC] Caroline Dolehide / Coco Vandeweghe (USA) def [4] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 63 63

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Astana Open
Location: Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Category: WTA 250
Dates:
Sept. 27 – Oct. 3, 2021
Prize money: $235,238
Draws: S32 – D16

Friday, Oct. 1, 2021
Final results

Singles, semifinals

[1] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def [6] Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 62 64   
[2] Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) def Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 63 63

Doubles, semifinals

[3] Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) def Vitalia Diatchenko / Yana Sizikova (RUS) 64 36 [10-8]
Angelina Gabueva / Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) def Natela Dzalamidze (RUS) / Kaja Juvan (SLO) 64 63 

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