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Not many top, top players in action this week.
But Kasatkina, Navarro and Sherif are in Palermo, along with a host of fine Italian players.
Pera and Zhang are in Budapest, where Zhang found herself in a somewhat dramatic situation over a line call that ended up with her retiring from the match a short time later.
And Irina-Camelia Begu took a wild card into the WTA 125 in Iasi, Romania, with countrywoman Ana Bogdan as the No. 2 seed.
(Palermo and Budapest six hours ahead of EDT; Iasi is seven hours ahead)
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34 Palermo Ladies Open
Location: Palermo, Italy
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Red Clay
Dates: July 17 – 23, 2023
Prize money: $259,303
Draws: S32 – D16
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Final results
Singles, first round
Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) def [4] Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 63 46 60
Erika Andreeva (RUS) def [6] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 46 60 62
[1] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) def. Martina Trevisan (ITA) 63 67 (2) 60
[3] Mayar Sherif (EGY) def Jessica Bouzos Maneiro (ESP) 36 76 (6) 75
[5] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def. Arantxa Rus (NED) 64 57 62
[7] Emma Navarro (USA) def [Q] Eva Vedder (NED) 76 (5) 61
Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def [LL] Francesca Curmi (MTL) 36 63 75Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA) [LL] Sofya Lansere (RUS) def. Olga Danilovic (SRB) 63 retd
Camila Osorio (COL) def [WC] Fiona Ferro (FRA) 76 (2) 61
[Q] Tatiana Prozorova (RUS) def Nigina Abduraimova (UZB) 63 64
Dayana Yastremska (UKR) def. [Q] Mia Ristic (SRB) 64 62
Doubles, first round
Dalila Spiteri / Aurora Zantedeschi (ITA) def Nuria Brancaccio / Giorgia Pedone (ITA) 75 76 (2)
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Hungarian Grand Prix
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Red Clay
Dates: July 17 – 23, 2023
Prize money: $259,303
Draws: S32 – D16
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Final results
Singles, first round
Diana Shnaider (RUS) def [1] Bernarda Pera (USA) 64 75
[WC] Amarissa Toth (HUN) def [2] Zhang Shuai (CHN) 65 retd
[4] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def [Q] Kateryna Bondarenko Volodko (UKR) 16 62 61
[9] Nadia Podoroska (ARG) def Storm Hunter (AUS) 16 61 61
Anna Bondar (HUN) def. Timea Babos (HUN) 75 57 63
Tamara Korpatsch (GER) def. [LL] Valentini Grammatikopoulou (GRE) 64 64
[Q] Anna Siskova (CZE) def [PR] Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 63 60
[WC] Fanni Stollar (HUN) def. [Q] Irene Burillo Escorihuela (ESP) 75 64Tereza Martincova (CZE) [LL] Maria Timofeeva (RUS) def. [PR] Daria Saville (AUS) 26 63 64
Doubles, first round
[4] Angelia Kulikov / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) def. Eri Hozumi (JPN) / Irina Khromacheva (RUS) 62 63
Kateryna Bondarenko Volodko (UKR) / Renata Voracova (CZE) def [WC] Rebeka Stolmar / Natalia Szabanin (HUN) 63 62
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BCR Iasi Open
Location: Iasi, Romania
Category: WTA 125
Surface: Red Clay
Dates: July 17 – 23, 2023
Prize money: $115,000
Draws: S32 – D16
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Final results
Singles, first round
[Q] Veronika Erjavec (SLO) def [3] Panna Udvardy (HUN) 75 76 (4)
[1/WC] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) def. Chloe Paquet (FRA) 76 (4) 61
[2] Ana Bogdan (ROU) def Barbora Palicova (CZE) 26 75 61
Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) def Irina Bara (ROU) 16 76 (2) 63
Reka-Luca Jani (HUN) def. [PR] Polona Hercog (SLO) 64 75
Petra Marcinko (CRO) def. [Q] Opek Oz (TUR) 76 (4) 36 60
[LL] Conny Perrin (SUI) def Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 64 61
[7] Laura Pigossi (BRA) def. Miriam Bulgaru (ROU) 57 60 61
Raluka Serban (CYP) def [Q] Ekaterina Yashina (RUS) 61 62
Darya Stakhova (RUS) def Elvina Kalieva (RUS) 46 76 (6) 63
Any thoughts on the whole Toth vs Shuai incident?
Check the Open Court Twitter. I offered some ACTUAL context and information that no one who jumped on the bully train had bothered even to check.