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Simona Halep made her grass-court debut Monday in Birmingham, although not many of her activities over the last week looked much like grass-court practice. Turned out to be no problem.
And Bianca Andreescu was straight up, first day, and got through a tough three-setter against Katerina Siniakova.
As well, Canadians Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe square off against each other in doubles, with the No. 2 seed and her Mexican partner prevailing.
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Location: Berlin, Germany
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Grass
Dates: June 13 – 19, 2022
Prize money: $757,900
Draws: S32 – D16
Monday, June 13, 2022
Final results
Singles, first round
[PR] Bianca Andreescu (CAN) def Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 64 46 64
[4] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def Kaia Kanepi (EST) 76 (5) 60 60
[6] Daria Kasatkina def. Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 57 63 61
Aliaksandra Sasnovich def. [Q] Anastasia Gasanova 62 46 63
[Q] Daria Saville (AUS) def Jil Teichmann (SUI) 67 (2) 75 62
Wang Xinyu (CHN) def [WC] Tamara Korpatsch (GER) 36 63 64
Doubles, first round
[2] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) def. Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) 46 75 [10-5]
[3] Asia Muhammad (USA) / Ena Shibahara (JPN) def. [WC] Jule Niemeier / Andrea Petkovic (GER) 63 36 [10-8]
[4] Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Andreja Klepac (SLO) def. Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) 62 63
Kaitlyn Christian (USA) / Lidziya Marozava def Ons Jabeur (TUN) / Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 64 36 [13-11]
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Rothesay Classic Birmingham
Location: Birmingham, England
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Grass
Dates: June 13 – 19, 2022
Prize money: $251,750
Draws: S32 – D16
Monday, June 13, 2022
Final results
Singles, first round
[2] Simona Halep (ROU) def. [Q] Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 61 64
[WC] Harriet Dart (GBR) def Camila Osorio (COL) 62 60
Lauren Davis (USA) def. Kaja Juvan (SLO) 76 (2) 76 (5)
Caroline Garcia (FRA) def. Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 67 (5) 64 76 (6)Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) [LL] Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) def. Petra Martic (CRO) 64 76 (6)
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) def Wang Qiang (CHN) 76 (6) 76 (12)
[Q] Donna Vekic (CRO) def [Q] Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 64 64
Doubles, first round
[2] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 63 64
[3] Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Sania Mirza (IND) def. Alicia Barnett / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) 75 62
[4] Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) def. [WC] Emily Appleton / Ali Collins (GBR) 63 67 (5) [10-4]
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Veneto Open
Location: Gaiba, Italy
Category: WTA 125
Surface: Grass
Dates: June 13 – 19, 2022
Prize money: $115,000
Draws: S32 – D16
Monday, June 13, 2022
Final results
Singles, first round
Ylena In-Albon (SUI) def [8] Chloe Paquet (FRA) 64 62
[3] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) def. Julia Mikulskyte (LTU) 61 63
Susan Bandecchi (SUI) def. [WC] Matilde Paoletti (ITA) 63 67 (5) 64
Ana Bogdan (ROU) def Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 75 60
Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL) def. Elina Avenasyan 62 76 (4)
Harmony Tan (FRA) def Fanny Stollar (HUN) 76 (3) 61
Doubles, first round
[1] Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Greet Minnen (BEL) def. Julia Mikulskyte (LTU) / Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS) 63 64
Vitalia Diatchenko / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) def. Beatrice Gumulya / Hsieh Yu-Chieh (TPE) 75 64
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Zheng Q., Wang X., that’s great. Correct order, unlike practically every media outlet. But it should also be Osaka Naomi, Aoyama Shuko… as officially requested by the Japanese government. And Fucsovics Márton, even though Hungary hasn’t asked AFAIK.
I’m keeping it to the Chinese at the moment.