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BRISBANE, Australia – Naomi Osaka’s return to play went well, against a lower-ranked player.
On Wednesday, she meets a former No. 1 and Grand Slam finalist in Karolina Pliskova whose eagerness may not be quite what it was, but who still had enough power to trouble Osaka. And she did.
Also – Elena Rybakina finally swings into action after having been a very low profile No. 2 seed around the Brisbane venue. In all, 13 of the 16 seeds were on the schedule.
And seven of the eight seeded teams in doubles … went out. Jelena Ostapenko is a survivor once more.
United Cup has Canada vs. Greece. And Canada is out.
(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
Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024
Final results
Singles, second round
Mirra Andreeva (RUS) def [4] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 62 61
[Q] Julia Riera (ARG) def [7] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 63 64
Linda Noskova (CZE) def [10] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 64 46 64
Clara Burel (FRA) def [12] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 64 61
[1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def. Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 63 60
[2] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. [Q] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) 64 61
[3] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Camila Giorgi (ITA) 61 64
[5] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) def. Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 63 64
[6] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 62 63
[9] Magda Linette (POL) def Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 63 75
[11] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def. [WC] Daria Saville (AUS) 64 36 64
[13] Elise Mertens (BEL) def. Sloane Stephens (USA) 26 61 63
[15] Zhu Lin (CHN) def. Danielle Collins (USA) 16 63 76 (7)
[16] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def [WC] Naomi Osaka (JPN) 36 76 (4) 64
Doubles, second round
Greet Minnen (BEL) / Heather Watson (GBR) def [1] Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) / Elise Mertens (BEL) 64 62
[WC] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) / Daria Saville (AUS) def. [2] Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) 76 (5) 67 (4) [11-9]
Ashlyn Krueger / Sloane Stephens (USA) def [3] Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) 36 64 [11-9]
Danielle Collins (USA) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) def [6] Veronika Kudermetova / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 16 64 [10-5]
Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Alexandra Panova (ESP) def [7] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) / Timea Babos (HUN) 46 64 [10-5]
Anastasia Potapova / Yana Sizikova (RUS) def. [8] Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 64 75
[5] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) / Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) def. Ekaterina Alexandrova / Anna Kalinskaya (RUS0 57 75 [13-11]
Magda Linette (POL) / Bernarda Pera (USA) def. [ALT] Linda Noskova (CZE) / Diana Schnaider (RUS) 64 75
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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
Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024
Final results
FRA 3, ITA 0 (Final)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) def. Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 64 64
Caroline Garcia (FRA) def. Jasmine Paolini (FRA) 64 57 64
Elixane Lechemia / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def Nuria Brancaccio / Flavio Cobolli (ITA) 76 (5) 64
POL 3, CHN 0 (Final)
Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def Zhang Zhizhen (CHN) 63 64
Iga Swiatek (POL) def. Zheng Qinwen (CHN) 62 63
Katarzyna Piter / Jan Zielinski (POL) def Xiaodi You / Fajing Sun (CHN) 63 57 [10-7]
GRE 3, CAN 0 (Final)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def. Steven Diez (CAN) 62 63
Maria Sakkari (GRE) def. Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 76 (2) 63
Despina Papamichail / Petros Tsitsipas (GRE) def. Stacey Fung / Félix Auger-Aliasime (CAN) 75 64
AUS 3, SRB 0 (Final)
Alex de Minaur (AUS) def. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 64 64
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) vs. Natalija Stevanovic (SRB) 61 61
Storm Hunter / Matthew Ebden (AUS) def. Dejana Radanovic / Nikola Cacic (SRB) 63 63
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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
Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024
Final results
Singles, second round
Diane Parry (FRA) def [3] Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 26 64 61
Wang Xiyu (CHN) def [6] Wang Xinyu (CHN) 63 36 76 (2)
[4] Emma Navarro (USA) def. Elina Avanesyan (RUS) 61 62
[5] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) def. [WC] Amanda Anisimova (USA) 60 61
Doubles, quarterfinals
McCartney Kessler (USA) / Suzan Lamens (NED) def [3] Bibiane Schoofs (NED) / Kimberley Zimmerman (BEL) 63 75
[2] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Viktoria Hruncakova (SVK) def. Wang Xiyu / Yuan Yue (CHN) 64 76 (6)
Doubles, first round
Jade Otway (NZL) / Lulu Sun (SUI) def [WC] Monique Barry / Elyse Tse (NZL) 63 62
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