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The top two seeds surged to the Linz final, where Jelena Ostapenko (the top seed) spent significantly less stressful time on court in Saturday’s semifinals than No. 2 Ekaterina Alexandrova.

She got her bling – the shwingy Swarovski crystal trophy.

In Thailand, 19-year-old Diana Shnaider earned her first career WTA Tour title.

And in Cluj-Napoca and – especially – in Abu Dhabi, some high-level qualifying concludes.

(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

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024
Final results

Singles final

Diana Shnaider (RUS) def [2] Zhu Lin (CHN) 63 26 61

Doubles final

[1] Miyo Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) def. [2] Guo Hanyu / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) 64 16 [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

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024
Final results

Singles final

[1/WC] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def [2] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 62 63

Doubles final

Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def [1] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) 75 46 [10-7]

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Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Category: WTA Tour 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 5 – 11, 2024
Prize money: $922,573
Draws: S28 / D16

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024
Final results
Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[8] Danielle Collins (USA) def. Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 64 63 ([PR] Naomi Osaka)
[1] Linda Noskova (CZE) def [10] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 64 76 (1) (Veronika Kudermetova)
[7] Diane Parry (FRA) def. Mai Hontama (JPN) 63 60 ([7] Daria Kasatkina)
[11] Ashlyn Krueger (USA) def [6] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 75 60 ([Q] Bernarda Pera)
[12] Bernarda Pera (USA) def [5] Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 64 61 ([Q] Ashlyn Krueger)
Heather Watson (GBR) def Rebeka Masarova (ESP) 36 76 (3) 61 ([5] Jelena Ostapenko)

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Transylvania Open
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Category: WTA Tour 250
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 5 – 11, 2024
Prize money: $267,082
Draws: S32 / D16

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024
Final results
Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[4] Erika Andreeva (RUS) def. Irina Khromacheva (RUS) 57 61 10 retd ([WC] Anca Todoni)
[5] Emiliana Arango (COL) def. [8] Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA) 67 (2) 64 retd ([5] Elisabetta Cocciaretto)
[3] Alizé Cornet (FRA) def. [9] Jil Teichmann (SUI) 67 (4) 60 42 retd (Yanina Wickmayer)
[1] Harriet Dart (GBR) def. [12] Katarina Zavatska (UKR) 60 63 (Anna Bondar)
Sinja Kraus (AUT) def [2] Marina Bassols-Ribera (ESP) 76 (4) 63 (Karolina Pliskova)
[10] Simona Waltert (SUI) def [6] Anna Bondar (HUN) 62 75 ([3] Anna Blinkova)

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