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An earlier start in Birmingham, to make up for a number of the matches they couldn’t get in Tuesday because of the late start.

That included Canadian Rebecca Marino, who played qualifier Wang Xiyu and gutted out a tough three setter.

Same situation for Bianca Andreescu, who was to take on Marketa Vondrousova at the end of the day Tuesday. Instead, they were first up on Wednesday and it … didn’t go well.

(Berlin is six hours ahead of EDT; Birmingham is five hours ahead).

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Bett1Open
Location: Berlin, Germany
Surface: Grass
Category: WTA 500
Dates: June 19 – 25, 2023
Prize money: $780,637
Draws: S32 – D16

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

Donna Vekic (CRO) def. [2] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 67 (1) 63 64

[3] Caroline Garcia (FRA) def. [Q] Jaimee Fourlis (AUS) 63 62
[7] Petra Kvitova (CZE) def. Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 61 61

[LL] Elina Avanesyan (RUS) def Anna Blinkova (RUS) 16 63 62
[WC] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def. Zheng Qinwen (CHN) 64 62

Singles, first round

Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 76 (0) 75

[6] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def. Alizé Cornet (FRA) 64 62

Nadia Podoroska (ARG) def Rebeka Masarova (ESP) 36 62 62
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 64 64

Doubles, first round

[WC] Jule Niemeier / Noma Noha Akugue (GER) def Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) 57 63 [11-9]
 
[4] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Xu Yifan (CHN) def. Laura Siegemund (GER) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 63 61

[WC] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) / Sabine Lisicki (GER) def Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) 64 46 [10-8] 
Caroline Garcia (FRA) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) def. Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) 75 62

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Rothesay Classic
Location: Birmingham, GBR
Surface: Grass
Category: WTA 250
Dates: June 19 – 25, 2023
Prize money: $259,303
Draws: S32 – D16

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

Zhu Lin (CHN) def [3] Magda Linette (POL) 63 60 
[WC] Harriet Dart (GBR) def [5] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 63 36 61
Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) def [6] Bernarda Pera (USA) 61 76 (3)

Singles, first round

[LL] Rebecca Marino (CAN) def [Q] Wang Xiyu (CHN) 76 (5) 57 63

[Q] Emina Bektas (USA) def [7] Zhang Shuai (CHN) 64 63

[1] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) def. [Q] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 63 63

[Q] Tereza Martincova (CZE) def. [LL] Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 61 63

Doubles, quarterfinal

[3] Storm Hunter (AUS) / Alycia Parks (USA) def. [PR] Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) / Barbora Strycova (CZE) 76 (4) 64

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