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Five of the eight singles seeds made it to the quarterfinals in singles in Guangzhou, with No. 1 Magda Linette v No. 5 Rebeka Masarova being the most intriguing matchup for Thursday’s sked.

Tatjana Maria v Yulia Putintseva also was likely to have all but the kitchen sink, in terms of court craft. It had potential to be one of those little hidden-gem matches, if you like all the variety. Turned out to be so – at least for the first two sets.

In Guadalajara, the unseeded matchup between Leylah Fernandez and Sofia Kenin led the quarterfinal day, but there will be no Canadian content in the semis.

As well, plenty of Canadian content in the dubs.

(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

Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

Sofia Kenin (USA) def. Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 64 67 (6) 61

[2] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def. Emiliana Arango (COL) 63 64
[3] Caroline Garcia (FRA) def [10] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 63 64

Caroline Dolehide (USA) def. Martina Trevisan (ITA) 36 76 (9) 63

Doubles, quarterfinals

[3] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) def. Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Ingrid Neel (EST) 75 06 [10-7]
Jasmine Paolini (ITA) / Mayar Sherif (EGY) def [2] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Taylor Townsend (USA) 63 16 [10-7]

Caroline Dolehide / Asia Muhammad (USA) def. [8] Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) 62 63

[1] Storm Hunter (AUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) def. Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) 63 61

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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

Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

[1] Magda Linette (POL) def. [5] Rebeka Masarova (ESP) 75 76 (6)

Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def [3] Tatjana Maria (GER) 64 67 (6) 60
[7] Greet Minnen (BEL) def [4] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 67 (8) 64 61 

Wang Xiyu (CHN) def [LL] Viktoria Hruncakova (SVK) 64 46 63

Doubles semifinal

[2] Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) def [3] Anastasia Detiuc (CZE) / Katarzyna Piter (POL) 62 46 [10-7]

Doubles quarterfinal

Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) def [1] Sabrina Santamaria (USA) / Yana Sizikova (RUS) 63 75

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