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Only one WTA Tour event, after none last week, as things get going after the Australian Open.

Worth noting that the ATP Tour had three last week, and three more this week.

Wild card Erika Andreeva upset both former champion Kristina Mladenovic and the always-tough Viktoria Kuzmova to get to the final round of qualifying.

And they’re not fooling around – Kontaveit, Bencic and Mertens v Cornet on the first main-draw day of action.

ATP Tour – Monday, Feb. 7, 2022 final results

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St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy
Dates: Feb. 7 – 13, 2022
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Surface: Hard, indoors (WTA 500)
Prize money: $565,530
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
Final results

Singles, first round

[2] Anett Kontaveit (EST) def. Jil Teichmann (SUI) 63 16 63
[5] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 62 46 76 (5)
[8] Elise Mertens (BEL) def. Alizé Cornet (FRA) 36 62 64

Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def Camila Giorgi (ITA) 62 16 62

Doubles, first round

Sorana Cirstea / Raluca Olaru (ROU) def [2] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) / Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) 26 64 [10-2]
Anastasia Potapova / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) def. Irina Bara (ROU) / Ekaterine Gorgordze (GEO) 62 75
[WC] Kamilla Rakhimova / Ekaterina Shalimova (RUS) def Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) 36 63 [10-4]

Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[3] Varvara Gracheva (RUS) def. [7] Ana Bogdan (ROU) 64 64 ([3] Elena Rybakina)
[8] Kaja Juvan (SLO) def. Caty McNally (USA) 64 36 63 (Alison Van Uytvanck)
Julie Niemeyer (GER) def. [WC] Erika Andreeva (RUS) 46 61 61 ([6] Petra Kvitova)
[1] Rebecca Peterson (SWE) def. [6] Bernarda Pera (USA) 57 60 61 (Andrea Petkovic)