– – Victoria Azarenka looking for the semifinals in Berlin – and gets it on a day where the matches were absolute marathons.

Viking Classic Birmingham Location: Birmingham, England Category: WTA 250 Surface: Grass Dates: June 14 – 20, 2021 Prize money: $235,238 Draws: S32 – D16

Friday, June 18, 2021 Final results

All singles matches cancelled

[2] Ons Jabeur (TUN) vs. Anastasia Potapova (RUS) [3] Donna Vekic (CRO) vs. Heather Watson (GBR) [4] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) vs. [Q] Tereza Martincova (CZE) [8] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) vs. [Q] Coco Vandeweghe (USA)

Doubles quarterfinal (Indoors)

[1] Elise Mertens (BEL) / Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) def. [WC] Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Tereza Martincova (CZE) 62 64

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Bett1Open Location: Berlin, Germany Category: WTA 500 Surface: Grass Dates: June 14 – 20, 2021 Prize money: $565,530 Draws: S32 – D16

Friday, June 18, 2021 Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

Alizé Cornet (FRA) def [6] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 46 63 76 (5) [5] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 64 46 76 (4) [7] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def Jessica Pegula (USA) 62 57 64 [Q] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def Madison Keys (USA) 76 (4) 26 76