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US Open champions and Guadalajara finalists Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe continue their quest to qualify for the WTA Finals.

They are the No. 1 seeds in Tokyo.

On the singles side, No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek and No. 2 Jessica Pegula get under way, with Pegula already having made her Beijing debut in doubles on Tuesday.

In Ningbo, No. 1 seed Ons Jabeur is right back at it.

ATP Tour – Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 final 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

Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def [7] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 64 62

[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) def [Q] Mai Hontama (JPN) 64 75
[2] Jessica Pegula (USA) def. Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 61 62
[8] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def Kayla Day (USA) 63 63

Doubles, first round

Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) def [1] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) 46 64 [10-7]

[4] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) def. Harriet Dart (GBR) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) 64 64

Ekaterina Alexandrova / Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def. Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA) 63 57 [10-6]
Miyu Kato (JPN) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) def. Natsumi Kawaguchi / Yuki Naito (JPN) 76 (2) 61

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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

Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def. [3] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 63 75
Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) def [4] Anna Blinkova (RUS) 63 36 61

[1/WC] Ons Jabeur (TUN) def. Tamara Korpatsch (GER) 63 62
[8] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) def. Kateryna Baindl (UKR) 63 63

Nadia Podoroska (ARG) def. [Q] Valeria Savinykh (RUS) 46 60 62
Diana Shnaider (RUS) def Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 63 62
[WC] Vera Zvonareva (RUS) def Clara Tauson (DEN) 64 10 retd

Doubles, quarterfinals

Guo Hanyu / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) def [2] Alexandra Panova / Anna Danilina (KAZ) 57 60 [10-6]

Feng Shuo / Zheng Wushuang (CHN) def Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) / Daria Saville (RUS) 64 62
Viktoria Hruncakova (SVK) / Arantxa Rus (NED) def. Valeria Savinykh (RUS) / You Xiaodi (CHN) 54 retd