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Not a shocker when there are shocking results in these tournaments that are sort of interim moments – almost “between tennis season”, as it were.
So the fact that No. 4 seed and wild card Barbora Krejcikova was the only seed left in a decimated San Diego field is par for the court. But even better for the locals is that the other three players left for the semifinals were American.
In Osaka, there is one Japanese player left, wild card Mai Hontama, two Chinese players and young, rising American Ashlyn Krueger – who made the final.
(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
Friday, Sept. 15, 2023
Final results
Singles, semifinals
[4/WC] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) def Danielle Collins (USA) 36 75 62
[WC] Sofia Kenin (USA) def Emma Navarro (USA) 62 57 64
Doubles, semifinals
[WC] Danielle Collins / Coco Vandeweghe (USA) def. [2] Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) 75 46 [10-7]
[1] Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def. Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) 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
Friday, Sept. 15, 2023
Final results
Singles, quarterfinals
[1] Zhu Lin (CHN) def [Q] Elizabeth Mandlik (USA) 63 62
[3] Wang Xinyu (CHN) def Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 76 (4) 67 (1) 63
[WC] Mai Hontama (JPN) def. [Q] Arianne Hartono (NED) 67 (2) 64 61
Ashlyn Krueger (USA) def. Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 63 61
Doubles, semifinals
Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) / Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def [2] Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 67 (3) 76 (1) [10-7]
Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) def Fernanda Contreras (MEX) / Despina Papamichail (GRE) 76 (6) 63
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