Serena gets going on Margaret Court Arena.

Gippsland Trophy
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Category: WTA 500
Dates: Jan. 31 – Feb. 6, 2021
Prize money: $565,530
Draws: S56 – D28

Monday, Feb. 1, 2021
Results

Singles, second round

Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def [10] Wang Qiang (JPN) 36 75 64

[1] Simona Halep (ROU) def. Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 64 64
[3] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 61 64
[8] Karolina Muchova (CZE) def. [ALT] Caty McNally (USA) 61 61
[9] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 46 64 62
[13] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Danka Kovinic (MNE) 64 75

Katie Boulter (GBR) def Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 61 63
Mayo Hibi (JPN) def Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 64 67 (3) 61

Singles, first round

[14] Cori Gauff (USA) def. Jil Teichmann (SUI) 63 67 (3) 76 (5)
[16] Laura Siegemund (GER) def. ~~Zarina Diyas (KAZ)~~ [ALT] Monica Niculescu (ROU) 75 64

[WC] Destanee Aiava (AUS) def Chloe Paquet (FRA) 61 46 64
Alizé Cornet (FRA) def. Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 57 61 63

Doubles, first round

[WC] Arina Rodionova / Storm Sanders (AUS) def [5] Samantha Stosur (AUS) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) 76 (3) 63

[7] Laura Siegemund (GER) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) def. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Wang Qiang (CHN) 62 63

Monica Niculescu / Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) def Nadia Podoroska (ARG) / Caroline Garcia (FRA) 57 76 (3) [10-6]
Marie Bouzkova (CZE) / Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) def. Mona Barthel (GER) / Zhu Lin (CHN) 62 64

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Yarra Valley Classic
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Category: WTA 500
Dates: Jan. 31 – Feb. 6, 2021
Prize money: $565,530
Draws: S56 – D28

Monday, Feb. 1, 2021
Final results

Singles, second round

Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) def [9] Donna Vekic (CRO) 16 64 62

[3] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 63 62
[5] Serena Williams (USA) def. [WC] Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 61 64
[7] Petra Martic (CRO) def. [ALT] Vera Lapko (BLR) 46 63 62
[8] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def Varvara Gracheva (RUS) 64 60
[13] Danielle Collins (USA) def Nina Stojanovic (SRB) 62 61

Camila Giorgi (ITA) def Clara Burel (FRA) 64 63
Greet Minnen (BEL) def Olga Danilovic (SRB) 64 64

Singles, first round

[11] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) def Misaki Doi (JPN) 61 64
[14] Nadia Podoroska (ARG) def Francesca Jones (GBR) 61 63

Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) def. Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 62 60
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) def. Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 64 67 (4) 63

Doubles, first round

Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) / Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) def [5] Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) 46 64 [10-5]

[WC] Olivia Gadecki / Belinda Woolcock (AUS) def [WC] Jamie Fourlis / Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz (AUS) 63 75
Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) / Martina Trevisan (ITA) def. Bernarda Pera (USA) / Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 76 (1) 62
Arantxa Rus (NED) / Tamara Zidansek (SLO) def. Andreea Mitu / Raluca Olaru (ROU) 63 64
Xu Yifan / Wang Zhaoxuan (CHN) def. [ALT] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) / Danka Kovinic (MNE) 64 64