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Rebecca Marino got under way in Guangzhou, which is returning for the first time since 2019.
She met qualifier Viktorija Golubic, which was far from the easiest outcome she could have had in the draw. And she went out, 6-4, 6-3
And in Guadalajara, there was Leylah Fernandez in singles – triumphant. And also Leylah Fernandez in doubles, along with Genie Bouchard and the US Open champions, Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe. Only Bouchard, facing solid doubles specialists with a lower-ranked Mexican partner, didn’t get through.
(Guangzhou is 12 hours ahead of ET; Guadalajara is two hours behind).
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Guadalajara Open Akron
Location: Guadalaraja, Mexico
Category: WTA 1000
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 17 – 23, 2023
Prize money: $2,788,468
Draws: S56 – D28
Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023
Final results
Singles, second round
Leylah Fernandez (CAN) def [13] Elise Mertens (BEL) 63 64
[1] Ons Jabeur (TUN) def. Alycia Parks (USA) 62 62
[2] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def. Storm Hunter (AUS) 62 64
[3] Caroline Garcia (FRA) def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 46 76 (5) 64
[6] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 62 63
[8] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def. Magdalena Frech (POL) 76 (4) 76 (8)
[10] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def. Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 64 76 (5)
Emiliana Arango (COL) def Sloane Stephens (USA) 61 62
Caroline Dolehide (USA) def [LL] Sachia Vickery (USA) 63 46 61
Camila Giorgi (ITA) def. Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 61 62
Taylor Townsend (USA) def [5] Belinda Bencic (SUI) [LL] Elvina Kalieva (USA) 61 76 (3)
Doubles, second round
[2] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Taylor Townsend (USA) vs. Ons Jabeur (TUN) / Peyton Stearns (USA) (after suitable rest)
[3] Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) def. Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Arantxa Rus (NED) 63 46 [11-9]
Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) def Veronika Kudermetova / Anastasia Potapova (RUS) WALKOVER
Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Ingrid Neel (EST) def Alycia Parks (USA) / Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 64 64
Doubles, first round
Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Xu Yifan (CHN) def. [WC] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) / Maria Fernanda Navarro Oliva (MEX) 64 76 (6)
Angelia Kulikov (USA) / Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA) def Danielle Collins (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) [ALT] Anna Rogers (USA) / Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS) 63 67 (3) [11-9]
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Guangzhou Open
Location: Guangzhou, China
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 18 – 23, 2023
Prize money: $259,303
Draws: S32 – D16
Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023
Final results
Singles, first round
[Q] Viktorija Golubic (SUI) def Rebecca Marino (CAN) 64 63
[3] Tatjana Maria (GER) def [Q] Alexandra Eala (PHI) 63 60
[4] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) def. [Q] Yang Ya-Yi (TPE) 61 60
Bai Zhuoxuan (CHN) def [Q] Despina Papamichail (GRE) 63 75 [2] Zhu Lin (CHN) [LL] Viktoria Hruncakova (SVK) def Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 76 (4) 36 63
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def. You Xiaodi (CHN) 64 60
Daria Saville (AUS) def Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 36 63 61
[Q] Moyuka Uchijima (CHN) def Jessika Ponchet (FRA) 75 36 63
Wang Xiyu (CHN) def. Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 63 63
Yuan Yue (CHN) def Tamara Korpatsch (GER) 63 76 (5)
Doubles, first round
[2] Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) def. Feng Shuo / Tang Qianhui (CHN) 62 62
[4] Magda Linette (POL) / Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) def. Tamara Korpatsch (GER) / Despina Papamichail (GRE) 64 63
Lidziya Marozava (BLR) / Diana Shnaider (RUS) def Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) 64 64
Guo Hanyu / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) def Jessika Ponchet (FRA) / Bibiane Schoofs (NED) 62 75
Jodie Burrage (GBR) / Rebeka Masarova (ESP) def En-Shuo Liang (TPE) / Yuan Tue (CHN) 64 67 (2) [10-7]
Anna-Lena Friedsan (GER) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) def. Diane Parry (FRA) / Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 16 61 [10-2]
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