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MELBOURNE, Australia – It’s the season debut for the Cana-Wiki team of Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe, the US Open champions.

It’s also a season debut for a number of top players in singles – including Barbora Krejcikova and Paula Badosa.

Both are in Melbourne.

And watch out for Katie Boulter, who impressed during United Cup.

And don’t forget the four Canadian women who will embark upon the Australian Open qualifying (three of them Monday). Weather permitting.

ATP Tour – Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 final results

(Adelaide is 15 1/2 hours ahead of EST; Hobart is 16 hours)

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Adelaide International
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Category: WTA Tour 500 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan. 8 – 13, 2024
Prize money: $922,573
Draws: S30 / D16

Monday, Jan. 8, 2024
Final results

Singles, first round

[Q] Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def [4] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 75 36 75
[Q] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) def [5] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 63 64

~~Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)~~ [LL] Ana Bogdan (ROU) def. [Q] Katie Boulter (GBR) 63 64
Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 63 63
Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 76 (3) 61
[LL] Bernarda Pera (USA) def Paula Badosa (ESP) 36 62 63

Doubles, first round

Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def [2] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) 64 26 [10-8]

Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) def. Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) 64 57 [13-11]
Asia Muhammad (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) def. Ana Bogdan / Monica Niculescu (ROU) 76 (2) 64

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Hobart International
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
Category: WTA Tour 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan. 8 – 13, 2024
Prize money: $267,082
Draws: S32 / D16

Monday, Jan. 8, 2024
Final results

Singles, first round

[1] Elise Mertens (BEL) def. Danielle Collins (USA) 62 63
[3] Zhu Lin (CHN) def Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 75 61
[8] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) def. Peyton Stearns (USA) 76 (3) 36 75

Arantxa Rus (NED) def. [LL] Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 63 57 63
[WC] Daria Saville (AUS) def Anna Blinkova (RUS) 36 64 64
[Q] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) def [Q] Camila Osorio (COL) 16 76 (4) 75

Doubles, first round

[3] Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) def. Greet Minnen / Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 62 62

Guo Hanyu / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) def. [WC] Elysia Bolton / Alexandra Bozovic (AUS) 62 62
Nadia Podoroska (ARG) / Mayar Sherif (EGY) def Yana Sizikova (RUS) / Wu Fang-Hsien (TPE) 75 16 [10-6]
[WC] Kimberly Birrell / Olivia Gadecki (AUS) def Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Maia Lumdsen (GBR) 67 (2) 61 [10-8]