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Belinda Bencic vs Barbora Krejcikova was SUPPOSED to be a full-tilt second-round match, as was Daria Kasatkina vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova in Ostrava.
In the end, Bencic gave Krejcikova a walkover, and Alexandrova was through in straight sets.
In Monastic, local rock star Ons Jabeur faced a bit of an unknown quantity in her match.
Evgeniya Rodina had been trying to come back for a bit.
But obviously the situation with the grass-court season and the Russians complicated that. But she looked impressive at the US Open – it was hard to tell she’d been gone for quite awhile.
She was, however, no match for Jabeur.
Agel Open 2022
Location: Ostrava, Czech Republic
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 3 – 9, 2022
Prize money: $757,900
Draws: S28 – D16
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022
Final results
Singles, second round
[Q] Alycia Parks (USA) def Maria Sakkari (GRE) 57 75 75
[WC] Tereza Martincova (CZE) def [3] Anett Kontaveit (EST) 76 (3) 10 retd
Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def. [5] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 61 76 (1)
Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) def [6] Belinda Bencic (SUI) WALKOVER
[Q] Caty McNally (USA) def Karolina Muchova (CZE) 61 36 61
[Q] Alycia Parks (USA) def Maria Sakkari (GRE) 57 75 75
Doubles, quarterfinals
[3] Alicja Rosolska (POL) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) def Alicia Barnett / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) 61 62
Caty McNally / Alycia Parks (USA) def [1] Demi Schuurs (NED) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) 61 62
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Jasmin Open Monastir
Location: Monastir, Tunisia
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, 2022
Prize money: $251,750
Draws: S32 – D16
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022
Final results
Singles, second round
[1] Ons Jabeur (TUN) def. [PR] Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 61 63
[2] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def. Magdalena Frech (POL) 63 64
[Q] Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) def [4] Petra Martic (CRO) 75 76 (5)
Tamara Zidansek (SLO) def [6] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 63 36 62
Doubles, quarterfinals
Nigina Abduraimova (UZB) / Zhu Lin (CHN) def [3] Kaitlyn Christian (USA) / Lidziya Marozava (RUS) 06 64 [10-5]
[2] Miyu Kato (JPN) / Angela Kulikov (USA) def. Heather Watson / Harriet Dart (GBR) 61 64
About Post Author
Alycia Parks plays in Ostrava. Some of us Canadian fans might remember her from her 2019 post-match confrontation with Katherine Sebov, chronicled here. Well, Parks qualified in Ostrava, and beat Plyskova and Sakkari, playing high-level tennis (commentators day top 5). She’s now 119 and Sebov is 264, so it seems Parks might have turned some of her pages better, at least in terms of tennis. She still looks high-strung.