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A 56-player draw means `eight first-round byes. But it also means even a seeded player needs to win five matches to take the tournament.

And so, whose who aren’t playing on Tuesday will have to win five matches in five days if they want to take the title.

That does give an edge to No. 2 Garbiñe Muguruza, No. 6 Ons Jabeur and No. 7 Elise Mertens, who all got into action Tuesday and thus got a bit of a leg up.

Their potential quarterfinal opponents (No. 8 Andreescu, No. 1 Svitolina and No. 4 Pavlyuchenkova), will have go run the table.

ATP Tour – Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 final results

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Chicago Fall Tennis Classic
Location: Chicago, Ill.
Category: WTA 500
Dates: Sept. 27 – Oct. 3, 2021
Prize money: $565,530
Draws: S48 – D28

Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021
Final results

Singles, second round

[2] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) def. Ann Li (USA) 64 64
[6] Ons Jabeur (TUN) def Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 61 60
[7] Elise Mertens (BEL) def. Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 61 63
[10] Danielle Collins (USA) def. Misaki Doi (JPN) 46 63 75

Singles, first round

[11] Anett Kontaveit (EST) def Madison Brengle (USA) 64 63
[13] Tamara Zidansek (SLO) def. Sloane Stephens (USA) 62 61
[14] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def. Zhang Shuai (CHN) 62 61
[15] Camila Giorgi (ITA) def. Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 64 62
[16] Jil Teichmann (SUI) def Kaia Kanepi (EST) 76 (3) 75

Amanda Anisimova (USA) def. Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 60 57 64
[WC] Hailey Baptiste (USA) def Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 75 63
[LL] Harriet Dart (GBR) def [Q] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 61 36 61
Magda Linette (POL) def [WC] Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 61 64
Tereza Martincova (CZE) def Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (COL) 63 75

Doubles, first round

Kveta Peschke (CZE) / Andrea Petkovic (GER) def [7] Sharon Fichman (CAN) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) 64 64

[8] Marie Bouzkova / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) def. Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Catherine Harrison (USA) 76 (3) 63

Lyudmyla Kichenok / Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def. Quinn Gleason (USA) / Olga Govortsova (BLR) 67 (5) 64 [11-9]
Magda Linette / Alicja Rosolska (POL) def Asia Muhammad / Jessica Pegula (USA) 16 63 [10-8]
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) / Tamara Zidansek (SLO) def Harriet Dart (GBR) / Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) 75 67 (9) [10-6]
Magdalena Frech / Katarzyna Kawa (POL) def. [WC] Kim Clijsters / Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 64 62

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Astana Open
Location: Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Category: WTA 250
Dates: Sept. 27 – Oct. 3, 2021
Prize money: $235,238
Draws: S32 – D16

Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021
Final results

Singles, first round

Kaja Juvan (SLO) def [4] Greet Minnen (BEL) 26 76 (5) 64

[1] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def. Ekaterine Gorgodze (GEO) 61 62
[3] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) def [WC] Anna Danilina (KAZ) 64 67 (5) 64
[5] Ana Konjuh (CRO) def Anna Blinkova (RUS) 76 (6) 61
[6] Rebecca Peterson (SWE) def. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 75 46 63
[8] Clara Burel (FRA) def. [PR] Mandy Minella (LUX) 52 retd

Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) def [Q] Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) 46 75 62
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) def. [Q] Anastasia Zakhorova (RUS) 76 (4) 46 75
[PR] Vera Lapko (BLR) def. Jule Niemeier (GER) 75 46 64
[WC] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (NED) 75 61

Doubles, first round

Vera Lapko / Lidziya Marozava (BLR) def. Rutuja Bhosale (IND) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) 64 26 [10-1]
Natela Dzalamidze (RUS) / Kaja Juvan (SLO) def Anastasia Gasanova / Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) WALKOVER