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The No. 2, No. 6 and No. 8 seeds and an unseeded player made the Abu Dhabi singles semifinals.

But they are all top-shelf players.

In the end, Belinda Bencic was too good. But Liudmila Samsonova pulled off a good win.

In Linz, No. 1 seed Maria Sakkari looked like a good bet to kick-start her season with a tournament title. But Petra Martic had … other ideas.

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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

Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023
Final results

Singles, semifinals

[2] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def [6] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 62 63
[8] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def Zheng Qinwen (CHN) 64 16 64

Doubles, semifinals

Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Chan Hao-Ching (TPE) def [1] Desirae Krawczyk (USA) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) 64 26 [10-3]
[PR] Luisa Stefani (GBR) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) def Miyu Kato (JPN) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) 75 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

Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023
Final results

Singles, semifinals

[6] Petra Martic (CRO) def [1] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 36 63 64

[8] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 61 67 (4) 63

Doubles semifinal

Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) def [4] Kaitlyn Christian / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 75 76 (3)

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