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Maria Sakkari vs. Simona Halep looked like the pick of the litter as the tournaments in Moscow and Tenerife hit the quarterfinal stage.
And it was, as three of the top four seeds went down without much of a battle.
Garbiñe Muguruza, who would have qualified for Guadalajara with a victory, won just two games and will have to take up that wild card in Romania next week.
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VTB Kremlin Cup 2021
Location: Moscow, Russia
Category: WTA 500 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Dates: Oct. 18 – 24, 2021
Prize money: $235,238
Draws: S28 – D16
Friday, Oct. 22, 2021
Final results
Singles, quarterfinals
Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def [1/WC] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 63 64
[9] Anett Kontaveit (EST) def [2] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 61 61
Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def [4] Anastasia Pavyuchenkova (RUS) 64 62
[3] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def. [8/WC] Simona Halep (ROU) 64 64
Doubles, semifinals
[2] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def. [3] Marie Bouzkova / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 62 57 [10-2]
[4] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) / Raluca Olaru (ROU) def. Natela Dzalamidze / Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 75 75
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Tenerife Ladies Open
Location: Tenerife, Canary Islands
Category: WTA 250
Dates: Oct. 18-24, 2021
Prize money: $235,238
Draws: S32 – D16
Friday, Oct. 22, 2021
Final results
Singles, quarterfinals
[4] Camila Giorgi (ITA) def. Arantxa Rus (NED) 61 61
Alizé Cornet (FRA) def. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 63 63
Ann Li (USA) def Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 75 75
Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (COL) def [PR] Zheng Saisai (CHN) 75 61
Doubles, semifinals
[3] Lyudmyla Kichenok / Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def Irina Khromacheva (RUS) / Danka Kovinic (MNE) 63 63
[4] Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Ellen Perez (AUS) def [2] Eri Hozumi (JPN) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) 63 46 [10-6]
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