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The top three seeds made it to the final four in Linz. And two of the top three made it in Hua Hin.
So the semifinals in both events were top shelf – especially in Linz, where Alexandrova edged out Vekic after being down 1-5 in the third-set tiebreak.
In Hua Hin, No. 2 seed Zhu and unseeded Diana Shnaider are through.
(Linz is 6 hours ahead of EST; Hua Hin is 12 hours)
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Location: Hua Hin, Thailand
Category: WTA Tour 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan. 29 – Feb. 4, 2024
Prize money: $267,082
Draws: S32 / D16
Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024
Final results
Singles, semifinals
Diana Shnaider (RUS) def [3] Wang Xinyu (CHN) 62 76 (5)
[2] Zhu Lin (CHN) def Wang Yafan (CHN) 63 62
Doubles semifinal
[2] Guo Hanyu / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) def. Kamilla Rakhimova / Yana Sizikova (RUS) 62 46 [11-9]
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Location: Linz, Austria
Category: WTA Tour 500
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Jan. 29 – Feb. 4, 2024
Prize money: $922,573
Draws: S28 / D16
Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024
Final results
Singles, semifinals
[1/WC] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 62 63
[2] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def [3] Donna Vekic (CRO) 57 76 (4) 76 (6)
Doubles semifinal
[1] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) def Elisabetta Cocciaretto / Martina Trevisan (ITA) 64 64