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Rome wraps up, as two more (new) WTA Tour events get going.
Internazionali BNL d’Italia
Location: Rome, Italy
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Red Clay
Dates: May 10 – 16, 2021
Prize money: $1,835,490
Draws: S56 – D28
Sunday, May 16, 2021
Final results
Singles final
[15] Iga Swiatek (POL) def [9] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 60 60
Doubles final
[ALT] Sharon Fichman (CAN) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) def Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 46 75 [10-5]
Doubles semifinal
[ALT] Sharon Fichman (CAN) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) def [4] Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) 63 62 (Semifinal)
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Emilia-Romagna Open
Location: Parma, Italy
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Red Clay
Dates: May 16- 22, 2021
Prize money: $235,238
Draws: S32 – D16
Sunday, May 16, 2021
Final results
Singles, first round
[4] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) def. Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 64 63
[5] Amanda Anisimova (USA) def. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 62 61
[6] Wang Qiang (CHN) def. Misaki Doi (JPN) 62 57 61
Doubles, first round
[1] Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) def. Ekaterine Gorgodze / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) 63 64
[2] Darija Jurak (CRO) / Andreja Klepac (SLO) def. Caroline Garcia (FRA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) 62 76 (5)
Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) / Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) def. [WC] Jessica Pieri / Bianca Turati (ITA) 60 62
Qualifying, final round
(1st-round opponent in brackets)
[6] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) def. Rebecca Marino (CAN) 61 64 (Qualifying, final round) ([WC] Venus Williams)
Martina Di Giuseppe (ITA) def [WC] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 75 63 (Qualifying, final round) (Nao Hibino)
[4] Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) def. [12] Leslie Pattinama Kerkhove (NED) 36 75 62 (Qualifying, final round) ([WC] Giulia Gatto-Monticone)
[3] Caty McNally (USA) def. [7] Katarina Zavatska (UKR) 63 64 (Qualifying, final round) (Sloane Stephens)
2. [ALT] Paula Ormeachea (ARG) def [8] Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 62 26 75 (Qualifying, final round) (Caroline Garcia)
[WC] Lisa Pigato (ITA) def [2] Liudmila Samsonova (ITA) 26 76 (2) 63 (Qualifying, final round) ([1/WC] Serena Williams)
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Belgrade Women’s Open
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Red Clay
Dates: May 16 – 22, 2021
Prize money: $235,238
Draws: S32 – D16
Sunday, May 16, 2021
Final results
Singles, first round
[4] Paula Badosa (ESP) def Andrea Petkovic (GER) 62 63
[5] Nadia Podoroska (ARG) def. Timea Babos (HUN) 62 46 63
Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) def Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) 46 75 62
Océane Dodin (FRA) def Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 63 75
Qualifying, final round
(1st-round opponents in brackets)
[7] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def. Dejana Radanovic (SRB) 64 20 retd (Low back injury) (Qualifying, final round) ([8] Danka Kovinic)
Reka-Luka Jani (HUN) def [5] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 57 62 61 (Qualifying, final round) (Tereza Martincova)
[10] Ana Konjuh (CRO) def [2] Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 57 62 62 (Qualifying, final round) (Alison Van Uytvanck)
[1] Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (COL) def. [9] You Xiaodi (CHN) 64 63 (Qualifying, final round) ([3] Zhang Shuai)
[4] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) def. [8] Anastasia Gasanova (RUS) 75 76 (6) (Qualifying, final round) (Olga Danilovic)
[3] Xiyu Wang (CHN) def. [11] Daniela Seguel (CHI) 63 63 (Qualifying, final round) (Aliaksandra Sasnovich)
Way to go, Sharon and Giuliana!
Maybe dumb question, but with the points awarded in doubles, does each player get half the points added to their total?
No, they each get it.
They split the total prize money, though.