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Two Canadians in the final round of qualifying in Abu Dhabi and … Bianca Andreescu playing a qualifier in the first round of the main draw.

If both got through, there was a 33% chance Andreescu could run into a countrywoman.

They did. And they won’t. Win-win all around.

Meanwhile, Ostapenko v Collins as a first round was as tricky as you’d expect.

As for Linz – it’s back. Always an October staple, it was pushed back to November the last two years, and wasn’t played at all in 2022.

ATP – Monday, Feb. 6, 2023 final results

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Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open
Dates: Feb. 6 – 12, 2023
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Surface: Outdoor Hard (WTA 500)
Prize money: $780,637
Draws: S28 – D16

Monday, Feb. 6, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

[5] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Danielle Collins (USA) 75 16 75
[7] Anett Kontaveit (EST) def Zhang Shuai (CHN) 46 76 (4) 64

[WC] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def [WC] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 62 16 62
Elise Mertens (BEL) def Martina Trevisan (ITA) 60 62

Doubles, first round

Timea Babos (HUN) / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) def Veronika Kudermetova / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 63 64
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) / Laura Siegemund (GER) def [PR] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Sania Mirza (IND) 63 64

Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[2] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) def. Katarina Zavatska (UKR) 61 64 (Qualifying, final round) ([Q] Shelby Rogers)
[6] Rebecca Marino (CAN) def. [8] Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL) 61 64 (Qualifying, final round) (Zheng Qinwen)

[3] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def. Nigina Abduraimova (UZB) 62 62 (Bianca Andreescu)
[4] Shelby Rogers (USA) def. [9] Magdalena Frech (POL) 16 63 64 ([Q] Leylah Fernandez)
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) def Mirjam Bjorklund (SWE) 64 61 (Barbora Krejcikova)
[10] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) def [5] Claire Liu (USA) 62 36 64 (Jil Teichmann)

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Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Dates: Feb. 6 – 12, 2023
Location: Linz, Austria
Surface: Indoor Hard (WTA 250)
Prize money: $259,303
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, Feb. 6, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

Jule Niemeier (GER) def Sofia Kenin (USA) 26 63 64

Doubles, first round

Han Xinyun (CHN) / Lidziya Marozava (BLR) def [2] Anastasia Detiuc / Miriam Kokodziejova (CZE) 36 76 (5) [10-3]

[4] Kaitlyn Christian / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) def. Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) / Vivian Heisen (GER) 75 62

Andrea Gamiz (VEN) / Georgina Garcia-Perez (ESP) def. [WC] Veronika Bokor / Alina Michalitsch (AUT) 62 60
Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) def. [WC] Melanie Klaffner / Sinja Kraus (AUT) 63 75
Dalma Galfi (HUN) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) def. Marina Bassols Ribera (ESP) / Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 76 (1) 64

Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[11] Marina Bassols Ribera (ESP) def. Noma Noha Akugue (GER) 64 36 63 ([6] Petra Martic)
[7] Sara Errani (ITA) def. Andrea Gamiz (VEN) 62 63 ([Q] Anna-Lena Friedsam)
[9] Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) def [1] Varvara Gracheva (RUS) 26 63 61 ([Q] Sara Errani)
[4] Dalma Galfi (HUN) def. [8] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 64 46 75 ([7] Bernarda Pera)
[6] Rebeka Masarova (ESP) def. [12] Clara Tauson (DEN) 64 62 ([2] Ekaterina Alexandrova)
[5] Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) def. [WC] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 63 46 63 (Marketa Vondrousova)