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BRISBANE, Australia – Can’t ask for a much better lineup for a WTA 250 on a Tuesday.

Auckland is putting uout Coco Gauff, and Elina Svitolina vs Caroline Wozniacki as opening-round matches.

Cana-Kiwi Erin Routliffe, who will reunite with partner Gabriela Dabrowski in Adelaide next week, is a home-grown in Auckland and playing with fellow Kiwi (no Cana) Paige Hourigan – something she does pretty much every year.

In Brisbane, a ton of catchup as only one match was completed Monday. The Aussie Birrell and Gadecki, who had been scheduled for Show Court 1, find themselves moved to prime show time on the stadium court Tuesday night.

ATP Tour – Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024 final results

(Perth is 13 hours ahead of EST; Brisbane is 15 hours ahead, Sydney 16 hours and Auckland 18 hours).

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Brisbane International
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Category: WTA Tour 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Dec. 29 – Jan. 7, 2024
Prize money: $1,736,763
Draws: S48 / D28

Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024
Final results

Singles, second round

[WC] Arina Rodionova (AUS) def [14] Sofia Kenin (USA) 75 76 (7)

[8] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 61 76 (8)

Singles, first round

Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) def Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 64 75
Clara Burel (FRA) def. [Q] Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) 64 62
Danielle Collins (USA) def. [Q] Hailey Baptiste (USA) 61 46 6
[Q] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) def [WC] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 46 60 64
Linda Noskova (CZE) def. [Q] Timea Babos (HUN) 57 76 (8) 76 (2)
[Q] Julia Riera (ARG) def Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 62 64

[4] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) vs. Mirra Andreeva (RUS)
[6] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK)

Doubles, first round

Ekaterina Alexandrova / Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def. Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Xu Yifan (CHN) 62 64
Greet Minnen (BEL) / Heather Watson (GBR) def Caroline Dolehide / Peyton Stearns (USA) 64 76 (8)
Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) def. Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) 62 62
Ashlyn Krueger / Sloane Stephens (USA) def Sofia Kenin / Asia Muhammad (USA) 76 (4) 62

[2] Hao-Ching Chan (TE) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) vs. [WC] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) / Daria Saville (AUS)
[8] Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) vs. Anastasia Potapova / Yana Sizikova (RUS)
~~Magda Linette (POL) / Bernarda Pera (USA) vs. Wu Fang-Shien (TPE) / Zhu Lin (CHN)~~

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United Cup
Location: Perth and Sydney, Australia
Category: ATP/WTA Mixed event
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Dec. 29 – Jan. 8, 2024
Prize money: $15,000,000
Draws: RRs

Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024
Final results

GRE 1, CHI 2 (Final)

Maria Sakkari (GRE) def. Daniela Seguel (CHI) 60 61
Nicolas Jarry (CHI) def ~~Stefanos Tsitsipas~~ Stefanos Sakellaridis (GRE) 63 36 75
Daniela Seguel / Nicolas Jarry (CHI) def Maria Sakkari / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 67 (5) 63 [10-6]

CZE 1, SRB 2 (Final)

Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def Olga Danilovic (SRB) 61 36 63
Novak Djokovic (SRB) def Jiri Lehecka (CZE) 61 67 (3) 61
Olga Danilovic / ~~Novak Djokovic~~ Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) def Miriam Kolodziejova / Petr Nouza (CZE) 46 76 (2) [10-8]

CRO 2, NED 1 (Final)

Borna Coric (CRO) def Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 76 (4) 64
Donna Vekic (CRO) def. Arantxa Rus (NED) 62 36 61
Demi Schuurs / Wesley Koolhof (NED) def Donna Vekic / Ivan Dodig (CRO) 67 (3) 63 [14-12]

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ASB Classic
Location: Auckland, NZ
Category: WTA Tour 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan. 1 – 7, 2024
Prize money: $267,082
Draws: S32 / D16

Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024
Final results

Singles, first round

[1] Coco Gauff (USA) def Claire Liu (USA) 64 62
[2] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def. [WC] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 64 63
[7] Petra Martic (CRO) def. Rebeka Masarova (ESP) 36 63 63
[8] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) def. [Q] Tereza Martincova (CZE) 67 (3) 75 62

[Q] Brenda Fruhvirtova (CZE) def Anna Blinkova (RUS) 75 64
[WC] Emma Raducanu (GBR) def [Q] Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 63 46 75
[Q] Lulu Sun (SUI) def [Q] McCartney Kessler (USA) 64 63
Yuan Yue (CHN) def Kayla Day (USA) 76 (1) 67 (5) 61