Sterling lineup in Doha to kick off that WTA 500 event.

Open 6è Sens Métropole de Lyon
Dates: March 1 – 7, 2021
Location: Lyon, France
Surface: Hard, indoors (WTA 250)
Prize money: $235,238
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, March 1, 2021
Final results

Singles, first round

[Q] Clara Tauson (DEN) def [1] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 63 64
[2] Fiona Ferro (FRA) def. [Q] Magdalena Frech (POL) 57 75 75
Nina Stojanovic (SRB) def [6] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 64 60
[8] Arantxa Rus (NED) def. XiYu Wang (CHN) 76 (6) 64

Timea Babos (HUN) def. Varvara Gracheva (RUS) 64 57 63
Camila Giorgi (ITA) def Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) 62 63
Greet Minnen (BEL) def. Katarzyna Kawa (POL) 75 75

Doubles, first round

Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Lidziya Marozava (BLR) def Irina Bara / Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) 64 64
Vera Lapko / Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def. [WC] Lois Boisson / Juline Fayard (FRA) 61 61

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Qatar Total Open 2021
Dates: March 1 – 7, 2021
Location: Doha, Qatar
Surface: Hard, outdoors (WTA 500)
Prize money: $565,530
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, March 1, 2021
Final results

Singles, first round

[WC] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def [5] Kiki Bertens (NED) 60 62
Anett Kontaveit (EST) def [7] Jennifer Brady (USA) 61 62
[8/WC] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 62 62

Angelique Kerber (GER) def. [WC] Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR) 64 62
Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) def Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 62 76 (4)
Maria Sakkari (GRE) def. [WC] Mayar Sherif (EGY) 60 63

Doubles, first round

[1] Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def. Zheng Saisai / Zhu Lin (CHN) 57 63 [10-3]
Andreja Klepac (SLO) / Sania Mirza (IND) def Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) 64 67 (5) [10-5]

Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[1] Jessica Pegula (USA) def. [8] Misaki Doi (JPN) 62 62 (Qualifying, final round) (Qiang Wang)
[2] Laura Siegemund (GER) def. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 76 (4) 64 (Qualifying, final round) (Elena Rybakina)
[6] Anna Blinkova (RUS) def Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 62 63 (Qualifying, final round) (Ons Jabeur)
[7] Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) def. Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 62 62 (Qualifying, final round) (Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova)