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Quarter-final day in Nur-Sultan, as four of the eight seeds remain.

The only seed-to-seed meeting is No. 2 Alison Van Uytvanck vs. No. 7 Varvara Gracheva.

In Chicago, 11 of the 16 seeds, as it’s termed, “made their seeding” in the Chicago 500. Five of the top eight survived into Friday’s quarterfinals.

ATP Tour – Thursday, Sept. 30, 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

Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021
Final results

Singles, third round

[10] Danielle Collins (USA) def [7] Elise Mertens (BEL) 62 64
[6] Ons Jabeur (TUN) def. [9] Jessica Pegula (USA) 16 62 63
Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def [16] Jil Teichmann (SUI) 64 63

[1] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def. Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 63 63
[2] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) def [14] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) WALKOVER
[3] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. Tereza Martincova (CZE) 62 76 (5)
[5] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. [12] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 76 (4) 75

[Q] Mai Hontama (JPN) def Shelby Rogers (USA) 64 67 (1) 61

Doubles, second round

[WC] Caroline Dolehide / Coco Vandeweghe (USA) def [8] Marie Bouzkova / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 63 62

[2] Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) def. Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 61 63
[5] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) def. Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) / Raluca Olaru (ROU) 46 75 [10-3]

Kveta Peshke (CZE) / Andrea Petkovic (GER) def. Magdalena Frech / Katarzyna Kawa (POL) 76 (6) 67 (5) [10-8]

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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

Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

[1] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def. Anastasia Gasanova (RUS) 63 46 60
[2] Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) def. [7] Varvara Gracheva (RUS) 64 64
[6] Rebecca Peterson (SWE) def [WC] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 64 67 (7) 64

Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) def. [Q] Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 64 63

Doubles, quarterfinals

Natela Dzalamidze (RUS) / Kaja Juvan (SLO) def [2] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Anna Blinkova (RUS) 61 67 (5) [10-5]

[3] Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) def. Valeriya Strakhova (UKR) / Ekaterina Yashina (RUS) 61 61

Angelina Gabueva / Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) def Samantha Murray Sharan (GBR) / Valeria Savinykh (RUS) 75 63
Vitalia Diatchenko / Yana Sizikova (RUS) def. Vera Lapko / Lidziya Marozava (BLR) 57 64 [10-7]