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A couple of days after putting the WTA on blast for “changing the rules last minute” in terms of performance byes in Tokyo (there’s no evidence of this), Elena Rybakina withdrew Monday from her first-round match scheduled for Tuesday.

She stated the need to “prioritize her health”.

In Ningbo, No. 1 seed and wild card Ons Jabeur got into action, along with No. 3 Sorana Cirstea of Romania. Both had tight ones, but got through.

ATP Tour – Tuesday results

(Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of ET; Ningbo is 12 hours ahead).

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Toray Pan Pacific Open
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 25 – Oct. 1, 2023
Prize money: $780,637
Draws: S28 – D16

Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

[6] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) def. Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 36 64 63
[8] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def. [Q] Harriet Dart (GBR) 63 76 (4)

Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def. [WC] Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 76 (7) 16 75
[Q] Misaki Doi (JPN) def Petra Martic (CRO) 75 62
Linda Noskova (CZE) def. ~~[3] Elena Rybakina (KAZ)~~ [LL] Himeno Sakatsume (JPN) 62 75
[Q] Despina Papamichail (GRE) def ~~[Q] Natsumi Kawaguchi (JPN)~~[LL] Sakura Hosogi (JPN) 76 (3) 75
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) def Donna Vekic (CRO) 61 61

Doubles, first round

[2] Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) def. Mai Hontama / Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) 76 (5) 16 [10-6]

Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Ingrid Neel (EST) def Ashlyn Krueger / Jessica Pegula (USA) 64 36 [10-5]

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Ningbo Open
Location: Ningbo, China
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 25 – 30, 2023
Prize money: $259,303
Draws: S32 – D16

Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

[Q] Valeria Savinykh (RUS) def [5] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 75 75
Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) def [6] Arantxa Rus (NED) 36 76 (5) 63

[1/WC] Ons Jabeur (TUN) def. Diane Parry (FRA) 76 (3) 64
[3] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def. Claire Liu (USA) 75 46 63

Tamara Korpatsch (GER) def. [Q] Jodie Burrage (GBR) 62 76 (1)
Nadia Podoroska (ARG) def [WC] Wang Xiyu (CHN) 76 (3) 64
Diana Shnaider (RUS) def. [Q] Bai Zhuoxuan (CHN) 64 16 62
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def. [LL] Elisabeth Mandlik (USA) 60 64

Doubles, first round

Viktoria Hruncakova (SVK) / Arantxa Rus (NED) def [3] Sabrina Santamaria (USA) / Yana Sizikova (RUS) 62 64
Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) / Daria Saville (AUS) def [4] Anastasia Detiuc (CZE) / Katarzyna Piter (POL) 76 (7) 61

[1] Laura Siegemund (GER) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) def. Sofya Lansere / Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 63 retd

Guo Hanyu / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) def. Tang Qianhui / Yuan Yue (CHN) 62 26 [10-4]