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The top five seeds (the first four of whic had first-round byes) are all in Friday’s singles quarterfinals.

And in Hua Hin, at long last, 35-year-old Arina Rodionova breaks the top-100 barrier and is into the quarterfinals.

Rodionova, who stood at No. 105 the week of the Australian Open but wasn’t awarded a wild card by Tennis Australia (she lost early in qualifying), has been a pretty intrepid foot soldier all these years.

ATP Tour – Friday OOP

(Linz is 6 hours ahead of EST; Hua Hin is 12 hours)

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Thailand Open
Location: Hua Hin, Thailand
Category: WTA Tour 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan. 29 – Feb. 4, 2024
Prize money: $267,082
Draws: S32 / D16

Friday, Feb. 2, 2024
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

[2] Zhu Lin (CHN) def Arina Rodionova (AUS) 63 63
[3] Wang Xinyu (CHN) def. [7] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 61 36 63

Diana Shnaider (RUS) def [Q] Dalma Galfi (HUN) 62 61
Wang Yafan (CHN) def Katie Volynets (USA) 16 63 76 (4)

Doubles, semifinal

[1] Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) def Arina Rodionova (AUS) / Yuan Yue (CHN) 46 62 [10-7]

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Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Location: Linz, Austria
Category: WTA Tour 500
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Jan. 29 – Feb. 4, 2024
Prize money: $922,573
Draws: S28 / D16

Friday, Feb. 2, 2024
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) def [4] Elise Mertens (BEL) 63 62

[1/WC] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def Jodie Burrage (GBR) 61 62
[2] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def. [5] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 62 76 (8)
[3] Donna Vekic (CRO) def Clara Burel (FRA) 60 76 (3)