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Top two seeds Iga Swiatek and Petra Kvitova make their entrance at the Ostrava tournament Wednesday, after first-round byes.

And both got through to play another day.

As well, Canadian Rebecca Marino is still in Columbus after a first-round singles loss to Harriet Dart.

As the No. 4 seeds in a small (11-team) draw, she and Liang En-Shuo received a first round bye, starteddirectly in the quarterfinals Wednesday and are now in the semis.

ATP Tour – Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 final results

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J&T Banka Ostrava Open
Location: Ostrava, Czech Republic
Category: WTA 500
Dates: Sept. 20 – 26, 2021
Prize money: $565,530
Draws: S28 – D16

Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021
Final results

Singles, second round

Anett Kontaveit (EST) def. [9] Paula Badosa (ESP) 63 64

[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) def. Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 64 64
[2] Petra Kvitova (CZE) def. Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 61 67 (4) 63

Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. [LL] Anna Blinkova (RUS) 64 60
Alison Riske (USA) def [Q] Fiona Ferro (FRA) 64 16 64

Doubles quarterfinal

[4] Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) def. Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Miyu Kato (JPN) 64 62

Doubles, first round

[1] Magda Linette (POL) / Bernarda Pera (USA) def Andreea Mitu (ROU) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) 60 64

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Columbus WTA 125
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Category: WTA 125 (Joint event with the ATP Challenger Tour)
Dates: Sept. 20 – 26, 2021
Prize money: $115,000
Draws: S32 – D16

Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021
Final results

Singles, second round

Coco Vandeweghe (USA) def [6] Renata Zarazua (MEX) 64 63

[1] Ann Li (USA) def Harriet Dart (GBR) 76 (4) 63
[2] Nuria Parrizas Diaz (ESP) def. Hailey Baptiste (USA) 62 63
[5] Lauren Davis (USA) def Katie Volynets (USA) 62 76 (6)

Doubles, quarterfinals

[4] Liang En-Shuo (TPE) / Rebecca Marino (CAN) vs. [WC] Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) / Eleana Yu (USA) 60 64

Wang Xiyu / Zheng Saisai (CHN) def [1] Ingrid Neel / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 63 62
Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) / Nuria Parrizas Diaz (ESP) def. [3] Jamie Loeb / Asia Muhammad (USA)