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If you’re a fan of Canadian tennis, get the coffee out.
At 2 a.m. ET, Leylah Fernandez took on No. 5 seed Anna Blinkova in the Hong Kong semifinals, after the 21-year-old Canadian impressed in defeating back-to-back talented teens to get there. She impressed again, withstanding a late second-set charge by the feisty Blinkova to win 6-2, 7-5 and reach the final.
At 4:30 a.m., with qualification to the WTA Finals on the line, top seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe take on a Chinese wild-card team to get to the semifinals in Zhengzhou.
And a bunch of other good stuff.
(Zhengzhou and Hong Kong are 12 hours ahead of ET; Seoul is 13 hours ahead).
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Zhengzhou Open
Location: Zhengzhou, China
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 9 – 15, 2023
Prize money: $780,637
Draws: S28 – D16
Zhengzhou OpenSaturday, Oct. 14, 2023
Final results
Singles, semifinals
[7] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) def [8] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 63 60
Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 62 63
Doubles semifinal
[1] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) def. [WC] Guo Hanyu / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) 62 46 [10-7]
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Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open 2023
Location: Hong Kong, China
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 9 – 15, 2023
Prize money: $259,303
Draws: S32 – D16
Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open 2023Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023
Final results
Singles, semifinals
Leylah Fernandez (CAN) def [5] Anna Blinkova (RUS) 62 75
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def [6] Martina Trevisan (ITA) 64 62
Doubles, semifinals
[3] Oksana Kalaskhnikova (GEO) / Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def. [1] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) 64 63
Tsao Chia Yu (TPE) / Tang Qianhui (CHN) def. [2] Lidziya Marozava (BLR) / Katarzyna Piter (POL) 67 (2) 63 [10-6]
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Hana Bank Korea Open
Location: Seoul, Korea
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 9 – 15, 2023
Prize money: $259,303
Draws: S32 – D16
Hana Bank Korea OpenSaturday, Oct. 14, 2023
Final results
Singles, semifinals
[1/WC] Jessica Pegula (USA) def Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 64 63
Yuan Yue (CHN) def Emina Bektas (USA) 67 (3) 64 62
Doubles semifinal
[2] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Marie Bouzkova (CZE) def [3] Irina Khromacheva (RUS) / Wu Fang-Hsien (TPE) 63 61
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Quick question- did Fernandez and Townsend make the cut already for the doubles race to the finals? Live rankings seem to confirm that. Thanks
No. Check my Twitter for updates.
I would have written about it if so.