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The Cana-Kiwis, Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe, finally get under way in Dubai.
The No. 2 seeds face Danilina and Zhang – with Zhang Shuai returning this week for the first time since late last summer.
Most of the top seeds – with the exception of early exiter Aryna Sabalenka, have survived to make the third round.
And that means some pretty good matchups are in store although only two of them are the “on-paper” seed vs seed matchups.
(Dubai is 9 hours ahead of ET; Puerto Vallarta is one hour behind)
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Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
Location: Dubai, UAE
Category: WTA Tour 1000
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 18 – 24, 2024
Prize money: $3,211,715
Draws: S56 / D28
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024
Final results
Singles, third round
Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def [8] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 64 62
[Q] Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def [9] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 64 75
[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) def [15] Elina Svitolina (UKR) 61 64
[3] Coco Gauff (USA) def Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 26 64 63
[4] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. [Q] Magdalena Frech (POL) 76 (5) 36 64
[6] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 63 62
[7] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def. [12] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 62 62
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def Donna Vekic (CRO) 36 63 75
Doubles, second round
[2] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) def. Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) 57 62 [10-6]
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) / Laura Siegemund (GER) def [1] Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) / Elise Mertens (BEL) 67 (5) 62 [10-8]
Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Wu Fang-Hsien (TPE) def [7] Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) 36 76 (5) [10-6]
[6] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def Alycia Parks (USA) / Xu Yifan (CHN) 76 (4) 63
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Puerto Vallarta Open
Location: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Category: WTA Tour 125
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 19 – 25, 2024
Prize money: $115,000
Draws: S32 / D28
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024
Final results
Singles, second round
[Q] Robin Montgomery (USA) def [4] Renata Zarazua (MEX) 61 64
[7] Hailey Baptiste (USA) def. [Q] Iryna Shymanovich (RUS) 60 61
[8] Julia Riera (ARG) def. [WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) 26 75 64
Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) def Sachia Vickery (USA) 63 75
Doubles, quarterfinals
Yanina Wickmayer / Kimberley Zimmerman (BEL) def. Maia Lumdsen (BEL) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 64 75
Elixane Lechemia (FRA) / Anna Siskova (CZE) def. [WC] Fernanda Contreras / Maria Fernanda Navarro Oliva (MEX) 62 63
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