Genie Bouchard looking for a doubles title. It was close, but they couldn’t quite get over the line.

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

Sunday, March 7, 2021
Final results

Singles final

[Q] Clara Tauson (DEN) def [Q] Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 64 61

Doubles final

[1] Arantxa Rus (NED) / Viktoria Kozmova (SVK) def. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) / Olga Danilovic (SRB) 36 75 [10-7]

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Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships
Dates: March 7 – 13, 2021
Location: Dubai, UAE
Surface: Hard, outdoors (WTA 1000)
Prize money: $1,835,490
Draws: S56 – D28

Sunday, March 7, 2021
Final results

Singles, first round

Barbora Krejcikova (RUS) def. [16] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 62 76 (4)

Alizé Cornet (FRA) def. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 64 36 61
[WC] Coco Gauff (USA) def Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 76 (3) 26 76 (8)
Ons Jabeur (TUN) def. Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 62 63
Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 76 (3) 62
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) def Qiang Wang (CHN) 64 16 75
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) def. Bernarda Pera (USA) 60 63

Doubles, first round

[8] Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Darija Jurak (CRO) def. [WC] Sarah Behbehani (KUW) / Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR) 60 61

Andreja Klepac (SLO) / Sania Mirza (IND) def. Shelby Rogers / Zheng Saisai (CHN) 61 63
Karolina Pliskova / Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) def. Elena Rybakina / Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 64 62
Kiki Bertens / Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (NED) def Kaitlyn Christian / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 64 57 [10-5]
Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Belinda Bencic (SUI) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 46 64 [10-8]

Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[2] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) def. [15] Barbara Haas (AUT) 60 40 retd ([9] Garbiñe Muguruza)
[6] Ana Bogdan (ROU) def. [16] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 62 57 60 ([12] Marketa Vondrousova)
[1] Kaia Kanepi (EST) def. [11] Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 63 67 (5) 63 (Shelby Rogers)
[WC] Ana Konjuh (CRO) def Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 62 46 62 (Amanda Anisimova)
En-Shuo Liang (TPE) def [3] Misaki Doi (JPN) 63 61 ([11] Madison Keys)
[9] Tereza Martincova (CZE) def. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (NED) 61 67 (5) 62 (Kristyna Pliskova)
[12] Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) def [4] Martina Trevisan (ITA) 62 61 (Sorana Cirstea)
[7] Katarina Zavatska (UKR) def. [10] Viktorija Tomova (BUL) 64 64 (Jil Teichmann)

~~Paula Badosa (ESP)~~ [LL] Misaki Doi (Polona Hercog) (Excused withdrawal)
~~[7] Victoria Azarenka (BLR~~) [LL] Martina Trevisan (ITA) (Bye) (Back)