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The surprising American Emma Navarro, whose rise to the top 25 is one of the most under-the-radar stories in women’s tennis, continued her run in San Diego and faced Katie Boulter, who also is in very good form this week. In better form, as it turns out.
In Austin, there were two retirements in the quarterfinals Thursday. And so the tournament lost No. 3 seed Danielle Collins.
But it still had No. 1 seed Anhelina Kalinina – until Saturday. It will be all Chinese final.
(San Diego is 3 hours behind ET; Austin is one hour behind)
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San Diego Open
Location: San Diego, Calif.
Category: WTA Tour 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 19 – 25, 2024
Prize money: $922,573
Draws: S28 / D16
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Final results
Singles, semifinals
[6] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def [1] Jessica Pegula (USA) 76 (4) 61
Katie Boulter (GBR) def [3] Emma Navarro (USA) 63 61
Doubles, semifinals
[1] Desirae Krawczyk / Jessica Pegula (USA) def Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) vs. Guo Hanyu (CHN) 61 61
[3] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) def [2] Storm Hunter (AUS) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 57 64 [11-9]
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ATX Open
Location: Austin, Texas
Category: WTA Tour 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 26 – March 3, 2024
Prize money: $267,083
Draws: S32 / D16
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Final results
Singles, semifinals
[6] Wang Xiyu (CHN) def [1] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 63 76 (4)
[8] Yuan Yue (CHN) def Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 60 63
Doubles, semifinal
Katarzyna Kawa (POL) / Bibiane Schoofs (NED) def. [1] Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) 57 64 [10-7]
Olivia Gadecki (AUS) / Olivia Nicholls (AUS) def [4] Tereza Mihalikova (CZE) / Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) WALKOVER
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