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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bianca Andreescu was the first Canadian in action in the main draw, as she gets the stadium court and was up against a tough one in Marta Kostyuk. She couldn’t get over the finish line.

In night action, Belarussian Victoria Azarenka took on Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and lost for the second time in a month.

In Prague, which is the only other hard-court option, the No. 1 seed is Maria Bouzkova, who is currently ranked No. 39 (which is exactly the original cutoff for the main draw in D.C., which is loaded. And Bouzkova went out Monday.

That number kind of tells the story of the WTA this week – feast or famine, in a sense. And the consequences of going from two WTA tournaments in North American to … one this week.

ATP Tour – Monday, July 31, 2023 final results

(Prague is six hours ahead of EDT; Washington is on EDT)

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Mubadala Citi DC Open
Location: Washington, D.C.
Category: WTA 500 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: July 31 – Aug. 6, 2023
Prize money: $780,637
Draws: S28 – D16

Monday, July 31, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def [WC] Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 26 63 76 (5)

[5] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) def. Elise Mertens (BEL) 63 75
[6] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 65 retd
[8] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def. [WC] Danielle Collins (USA) 61 63

[Q] Lauren Davis (USA) def Sloane Stephens (USA) 76 (8) 36 61
[WC] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 76 (2) 64

Doubles, first round

Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) def [4] Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) 64 63

Jennifer Brady / Madison Keys (USA) def. Petra Martic (CRO) / Maria Sakkari (GRE) 63 16 [10-2]

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Livesport Prague Open
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: July 31 – Aug. 6, 2023
Prize money: $259,303
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, July 31, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

[PR] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) def [1] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 64 46 64
[Q] Viktoria Hruncakova (SVK) def [7] Wang Xinyu (CHN) 36 63 76 (5)

[8] Kateryna Baindl (UKR) def. [Q] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 64 26 62

[LL] Nao Hibino (JPN) def Sara Errani (ITA) 75 36 64
[Q] Tamara Korpatsch (GER) def Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 62 64

[6] Alizé Cornet (FRA) vs. [WC] Lucie Havlickova (CZE) 62 42 – suspended

Doubles, first round

Julia Lohoff / Jule Niemeier (GER) def [4] Naiktha Bains / Maia Lumsden (GBR) 64 75

[1] Zhang Shuai / Zhu Lin (CHN) def Renata Voracova (CZE) / Wang Xiyu (CHN) 62 67 (4) [10-8]
[2] Alicia Barnett / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) def. Vivian Heisen (GER) / Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS) 63 64

[WC] Barbora Palikova / Dominika Salkova (CZE) def. Jessie Aney / Anna Rogers (USA) 62 64d