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Svitolina, Cornet, Kostyuk and Kontaveit are the main singles seeds still alive in the tuneup events.
And you know they’re all dying to get to New York ahead of the US Open.
But in the end, most of them survived.
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Tennis in the Land
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor hard
Dates: Aug. 22 – 28, 2021
Prize money: $235,238
Draws: S32 – D16
Friday, Aug. 27, 2021
Final results
Singles, semifinals
[2] Anett Kontaveit (EST) def [7] Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 64 64
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) def [6] Magda Linette (POL) 76 (5) 62
Doubles, semifinals
[1] Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) def. [4] Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Shelby Rogers (USA) 76 (4) 16 [10-7]
Christina McHale (USA) / Sania Mirza (IND) def Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Catherine Harrison (USA) 76 (5) 62
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WTA Chicago Women’s Open
Location: Chicago, IL
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor hard
Dates: Aug. 22 – 28, 2021
Prize money: $235,238
Draws: S32 – D16
Friday, Aug. 27, 2021
Final results
Singles, semifinals
[1/WC] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 61 67 (4) 63
[9] Alizé Cornet (FRA) def Varvara Gracheva (RUS) 46 61 60
Doubles final
[3] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) / Raluca Olaru (ROU) vs [4] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 76 (6) 24 – suspended
Singles quarterfinal
Varvara Gracheva (RUS) def [8] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 67 (4) 63 64
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