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Six of the eight seeds remained to make the final eight in Abu Dhabi, which is pretty good considering the qualify of the field overall at the new WTA 500 tournament.

In Linz, four of the eight survived, but only one of the top four.

All four quarterfinals in Abu Dhabi looked like serious quality.

And look out for lucky loser Clara Tauson in Linz; she has missed a lot of time in the last year or more because of injury. Finally, it appears she’s back. And given a second chance, she made the most of it even though she eventual was taken down in the quarters.

ATP Tour – Friday, Feb. 10, 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

Friday, Feb. 10, 2023
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def [1] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 61 62
[6] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) def [3] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 36 63 62
[8] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def [4] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 63 63

[2] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. [Q] Shelby Rogers (USA) 76 (5) 62

Doubles quarterfinal

Miyu Kato (JPN) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) def [4] Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 61 63

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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

Friday, Feb. 10, 2023
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

[1] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def. [5] Donna Vekic (CRO) 63 76 (8)
[6] Petra Martic (CRO) def [LL] Clara Tauson (DEN) 64 75
[8] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def. [Q] Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 26 64 61

Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def. [Q] Dalma Galfi (HUN) 41 retd