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CANCÚN, Mexico – They’re starting earlier in Cancún Wednesday, with the late doubles match on Tuesday having been rained out.
So Canadians Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe got an earlier start as they faced the team they defeated in the US Open final. And also the team that knocked Dabrowski’s BJK Cup teammate Leylah Fernandez out of the doubles here. And they beat them – qualifying for the semifinals
On the singles side – the only player who wasn’t a complete mope out there was Iga Swiatek.
(Cancún is an hour behind EDT; Midland is on EDT)
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WTA Finals
Location: Cancun, Mexico
Category: WTA Finals
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 29 – Nov. 5, 2023
Prize money: $9,000,000
Draws: S8 – D8
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023
Final results
Singles, round robin
[2] Iga Swiatek (POL) def. [3] Coco Gauff (USA) 60 75
[6] Ons Jabeur (TUN) def. [7] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 64 63
Doubles, round robin
[2] Storm Hunter (AUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) def. [8] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) 75 64
[4] Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def. [1] Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (USA) 36 75 [10-6]
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Dow Tennis Classic
Location: Midland, Mich.
Category: WTA 125
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 30 – Nov. 5, 2023
Prize money: $115,000
Draws: S32 – D16
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023
Final results
Singles, second round
Hailey Baptiste (USA) def [2] Peyton Stearns (USA) 62 67 (4) 62
[3] Alycia Parks (USA) def. Carole Monnet (FRA) 63 62
[4] Taylor Townsend (USA) def. [ALT] Yuliia Starodubtsewa (UKR) 61 36 62
Singles, first round
[1] Emma Navarro (USA) def. [Q] Chloe Beck (USA) 62 63
[7] Emina Bektas (USA) def. [WC] McCartney Kessler (USA) 26 64 75
Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def. Heather Watson (GBR) 64 64
Doubles, quarterfinals
[3] Sophie Chang / Ashley Lahey (USA) def Anna Rogers / Alana Smith (USA) 64 64
Doubles, first round
[4] Ashlyn Krueger / Angela Kulikov (USA) def. Sofia Sewing (USA) / Anastasia Tikhonova (RUS) 64 63
Dalayna Hewitt / Victoria Hu (USA) def. Carole Monnet (FRA) / Raluka Serban (CYP) 63 46 [10-3]