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Some of the players had to double up on Friday, which didn’t give them much help in navigating the semifinals on Saturday.

And in the end, it was Elena Rybakina once again who found herself in position to have to play a doubleheader to advance. After a quick start, she faded against Samsonova.

Waiting was Jessica Pegula, plenty rested and ready to win the big title. Which she did, in emphatic fashion.

ATP Tour – Sunday results

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Omnium Banque Nationale
Location: Montreal, Canada
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Aug. 7 – 13, 2023
Prize money: $2,788,468
Draws: S56 – D32

Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023
Final results

Singles final

[4] Jessica Pegula (USA) def [15] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 61 60

Doubles final

[7] Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) def. [5] Desirae Krawczyk (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) 64 36 [13-11]

Singles semifinal

[15] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def [3] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 16 61 62

Doubles semifinal

[7] Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) def Latisha Chan (TPE) / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) 76 (4) 76 (2)

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Western & Southern Open
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Aug. 14 – 20, 2023
Prize money: $2,788,468
Draws: S56 – D32

Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023
Final results
Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[9] Emma Navarro (USA) def. Rebecca Marino (CAN) 46 60 61 (Petra Martic)

Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def [2] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 63 62 ([13] Belinda Bencic)
Ann Li (USA) def [12] Alizé Cornet (FRA) 63 63 (Magda Linette)
[8] Linda Noskova (CZE) def Diane Parry (FRA) 63 61 (Liudmila Samsonova)
[5] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def [15] Camila Osorio (COL) 75 75 (Marta Kostyuk)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def. [4] Alycia Parks (USA) 61 67 (5) 76 (0) (Zheng Qinwen)
[14] Martina Trevisan (ITA) def Taylor Townsend (USA) 64 46 75 (Bernarda Pera)
[1] Wang Xiyu (CHN) def [13] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 61 63 (Mayar Sherif)