WTA Tour Abu Dhabi –Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 final results

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The 2021 tennis season begins, with Leylah Fernandez kicking it off, and Carol Zhao looking for the singles main draw.

Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Open
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Category: WTA 500
Dates: Jan. 5-13, 2020
Prize money: $565,530
Draws: S64 – D28

Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021
Results

Centre Court

1. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) def Qiang Wang (CHN) 62 36 62
2. Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def [10] Anett Kontaveit (EST) 75 61
3. [9] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 64 62
4. [15] Ons Jabeur (TUN) def Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 76 (3) 63
5. [16] Donna Vekic (CRO) vs. Bernarda Pera (USA)
6. [17] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) vs. Zarina Diyas (KAZ)

Court 1

1. Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) def [7] Despina Papamichail (GRE) 62 62 (Qualifying, final round) ([1] Sofia Kenin)
2. Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA) def [15] Irina Fetecau (ROU) 16 62 76 (3) (Qualifying, final round) ([6] Elena Rybakina)
3. [13] Yulia Putintseva (RUS) def Martina Trevisan (ITA) 63 63
4. Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) def. [PR] Zhu Lin (CHN) 62 76 (1)
5. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) vs. Paula Badosa (ESP)
6. Leylah Fernandez (CAN) vs. Jasmine Paolini (ITA)

Court 2

1. [6] Anna Bondar (HUN) def. [13] Jessica Pieri (ITA) 46 64 75 (Qualifying, final round) (Aliaksandra Sasnovich)
2. [11] Amandine Hesse (FRA) def [3] Jodie Burrage (GBR) 63 62 (Qualifying, final round) (Vera Zvonareva)
3. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) def Laura Siegemund (GER) 57 75 64
4. Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) / Jennifer Brady (USA) vs. Jessica Pegula / Cori Gauff (USA)

Court 3

1. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) def [PR] Carol Zhao (CAN) 76 (7) 61 (Qualifying, final round) (Marta Kostyuk)
2. [10] Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) def [4] Valentina Grammatikopoulou (GRE) 61 63 (Qualifying, final round) (Yafan Wang)
3. Giuliana Olmos (MEX) / Sharon Fichman (CAN) def. Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Kaitlyn Christian (USA) 62 64

Court 4

1. [12] Anastasia Gasanova (RUS) def. Ena Shibahara (JPN) 46 75 62 (Qualifying, final round) (Mona Barthel)
2. Bianca Turati (ITA) def [14] Martina Caregaro (ITA) 60 63 (Qualifying, final round) ([PR] Yaroslava Shvedova)