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No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka and No. 3 Ons Jabeur made their Stuttgart debuts Wednesday night, with world No. 1 Iga Swiatek not set to jump in until Thursday.

But in both cases, it wass no walk in the park although Jabeur had by far the tougher time.

Elena Rybakina plays Jule Niemeier, after having to travel all the way there from BJK Cup in Kazakhstan last weekend.

Also – Canadians Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe played their first-round matches. Both won, and will face each other Thursday.

ATP Tour – Wednesday, April 19, 2023 final results

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Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Category: WTA 500
Dates: April 17 – 23, 2023
Prize money: $780,637
Draws: S28 – D16

Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

[2] Aryna Sabalenka (RUS) def. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 62 63
[3] Ons Jabeur (TUN) def Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 16 75 63

Singles, first round

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def [8] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 62 62

[5] Coco Gauff (USA) def. Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 62 46 76 (3)
[6] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. [WC] Jule Niemeier (GER) 75 63

Doubles quarterfinal

[2] Desirae Krawczyk (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) def Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Alycia Parks (USA) 64 76 (4)

Doubles, first round

[4] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) def. [WC] Mona Barthel / Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 63 64
Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) def. Monica Niculescu (ROU) / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 64 16 [10-7]

Veronika Kudermetova / Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def. Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) 63 64
Miriam Kolodziejova (CZE) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) def Xu Yifan / Wang Zhaoxuan (CHN) 36 62 [10-4]