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Canadian Rebecca Marino got a decent time slot – at least where home is concerned, as she looked for a quarterfinal spot in Osaka.

Her match was first on.

And, even better prime time at 7 p.m for her peeps at home in Vancouver – even if it didn’t go the way she wanted to.

Two of the top three seeds in the tournament, both Chinese, also looked for final-eight spots.

In San Diego, No. 1 seed Ons Jabeur was out early, but the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 seeds were all into the quarters (although with the bye, that required just winning one match).

(Osaka is 13 hours ahead of ET; San Diego is three hours behind).

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San Diego Open
Location: San Diego, Calif.
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 11 – 16, 2023
Prize money: $780,637
Draws: S28 – D16

Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

Danielle Collins (USA) def [2] Caroline Garcia (FRA) 62 63
Emma Navarro (USA) def. [3] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 64 06 76 (4)

[4/WC] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) def. [7] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 64 63

[WC] Sofia Kenin (USA) def Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 62 63

Doubles, quarterfinals

[WC] Danielle Collins / Coco Vandeweghe (USA) def [4] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 26 75 [11-9]

[2] Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) def. Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)

Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) def Tereza Mihalikova (CZE) / Xu Yifan (CHN) 64 75

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Japan Open Tennis Championships
Location: Osaka, Japan
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 11 – 17, 2023
Prize money: $259,303
Draws: S32 – D16

Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

[Q] Elizabeth Mandlik (USA) def Rebecca Marino (CAN) 75 63 61

[1] Zhu Lin (CHN) def. [WC] Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) 64 46 61
[3] Wang Xinyu (CHN) def [W] Hiroka Saskatsume (JPN) 64 62

[Q] Arianne Hartono (NED) def Panna Udvardy (HUN) 62 60

Doubles, quarterfinals

Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) / Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def [3] Naiktha Bains / Maia Lumsden (GBR) 61 64

[2] Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) def. Nao Hibino / Mai Hontama (JPN) 62 62

Fernanda Contreras (MEX) / Despina Papamichail (GRE) def Natela Dzalamidze (GEO) / Sofya Lansere (RUS) 62 75
Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) def. [WC] Natsumi Kawaguchi / Momoko Kobori (JPN) 64 63