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Genie Bouchard gets another friendly draw, facing Indian wild card Karman Thandi with a great chance to make the quarterfinals.

And she makes it. Her draw has been cake – players she might run into at the ITF level. But she’s playing and beating them in a WTA tournament, with the resultant much bigger haul of ranking points.

For Rebecca Marino, it was a different challenge as she faced the player who defeated her in the first round at Wimbledon, Katarzyna Kawa.

She took care of business.

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Chennai Open
Location: Chennai, India
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 12 – 18, 2022
Prize money: $251,750
Draws: S32 – D16

Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022
Final results

Singles, second round

[WC] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) def. [WC] Karman Thandi (IND) 62 76 (2)
[7] Rebecca Marino (CAN) def. Katarzyna Kawa (POL) 75 63

Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) def [5] Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 64 62
[Q] Nao Hibino (JPN) def [6] Wang Qiang (CHN) 62 63

Doubles, first round

Anna Blinkova (RUS) / Natela Dzalamidze (GEO) def [2] Kaitlyn Christian (USA) / Lidziya Marozava (BLR) 57 61 [10-8]

[1] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) def. Despina Papamichael (GRE) / Katie Swan (GBR) 64 61

Arianne Hartono (NED) / Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS) def. Astra Sharma (AUS) / Ekaterina Yahina (RUS) 63 61
Anastasia Gasanova / Oksana Selekhmetova (RUS) def [WC] Ankita Raina (IND) / Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) 61 64
Peangtarn Plipuech / Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) def. [WC] Sharrmadaa Baluu / Riya Bhatia (IND) 62 75
[ALT] Karman Kaur Thandi / Rutuja Bhosale (IND) def Jessy Rompies (INA) / Prarthana Thombare (IND) 36 76 (5) [10-4]