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Two of the top four seeds – Bencic and Kudermetova, jumped into action in Abu Dhabi after a first-round bye.

Still to see action are No. 1 Daria Kasatkina and No. 3 Elena Rybakina.

Leylah Fernandez was still alive – set to play her first-round doubles match with Aliaksandra Sasnovich on Wednesday. But they went out.

In Linz, Alycia Parks returned to the court (in singles and doubles) after her impressive breakthrough title last week in Lyon. She faced No. 4 seed Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine, and had a tough transition.

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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

Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def [5] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 76 (10) 61
[Q] Shelby Rogers (USA) def. [7] Anett Kontaveit (EST) 46 63 41 retd

[2] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. [WC] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 64 75
[4] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def. Elise Mertens (BEL) 61 75

Doubles, first round

[4] Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) def. Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 64 64

[PR] Luisa Stefani (BRA) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) def [2] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) 67 (4) 63 [10-5]
Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Chan Hao-Ching (TPE) def [3] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) 76 (4) 75

[1] Desirae Krawzyk (USA) / Giiuliana Olmos (MEX) def. Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Xu Yifan (CHN) 62 61

Miyu Kato (JPN) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) def. Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Alexa Guarachi (CHI) 62 64

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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

Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

[1] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def [LL] Varvara Gracheva (RUS) 64 62
[8] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def. Jule Niemeier (GER) 75 36 63

Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def [Q] Rebeka Masarova (ESP) 61 61

Singles, first round

[LL] Clara Tauson (DEN) def [3] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 61 62

[4] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) def. Alycia Parks (USA) 62 75

Madison Brengle (USA) def Julia Grabher (AUT) 76 (2) 62
[Q] Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) def. [Q] Sara Errani (ITA) 62 64

Doubles, quarterfinals

[4] Kaitlyn Christian / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) def Dalma Galfi (HUN) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) 76 (4) 64

Doubles, first round

[1] Alexandra Panova (RUS) / Alycia Parks (USA) def. Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA) / Angela Kulikov (USA) 76 (1) 64

Bibiane Schoofs (NED) / Kimberly Zimmerman (GER) def. Jesika Maleckova (CZE) / Rosalie Van der Hoek (NED) 62 64

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