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A few opening matches failed to finish on Sunday because of weather.

So had to make those up on Monday in Strasbourg where Samsonova v Krejcikova was a first-round match, and a lengthy one, with Samsonova (the No. 5 seed) prevailing to take on Leylah Fernandez on Tuesday.

It’s a tough field; Emma Navarro, Sloane Stephens and Krejcikova are all unseeded this week.

And in Paris, the Roland Garros qualifying begins.

ATP Tour – Monday, May 20, 2024 final results

(Strasbourg is 6 hours ahead of EDT; Rabat is 5 hours)

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Internationaux de Strasbourg
Location: Strasbourg, France
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Category: WTA 500
Dates: May 19 – 25, 2024
Prize money: $922,573
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, May 20, 2024
Final results

Singles, first round

[5] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 62 67 (5) 64

[6] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def. [Q] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 60 75

[7] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def. Diane Parry (FRA) 63 64

[WC] Fiona Ferro (FRA) def [Q] Erika Andreeva (RUS) 62 62

[Q] Magdalena Frech (POL) def Sloane Stephens (USA) 63 63

Magda Linette (POL) def Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 75 75

Emma Navarro (USA) def [WC] Alizé Cornet (FRA) 64 61

Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def. [Q] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 60 75

Wang Xiyu (CHN) def. Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 64 76 (3)

Doubles, first round

Ashlyn Krueger / Sloane Stephens (USA) def [4] Desirae Krawczyk / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 76 (3) 63

[3] Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) def. Asia Muhammad (FRA) / Aldila Sutjiadi (FRA) 64 62

Giuliana Olmos (MEX) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) def Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Ingrid Neel (EST) 64 63

Hao-Ching Chan / Wu Fang-Hsien (TPE) def. Chloe Paquet / Diane Parry (FRA) 64 62

Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) def Marie Bouzkova (CZE) / Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) 61 63

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Grand Prix de Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Lalla Meryem
Location: Rabat, Morocco
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Category: WTA 250
Dates: May 19 – 24, 2024
Prize money: $267,082
Draws: S32- D16

Monday, May 20, 2024
Final results

Singles, first round

Camila Osorio (COL) def Elina Avanesyan (RUS) 36 64 40 retd

[Q] Camilla Rosatello (ITA) def [1] Yuan Yue (CHN) 76 (7) 16 64

Laura Siegemund (GER) def [2] Anna Blinkova (RUS) 61 76 (4)

[6] Wang Xiyu (CHN) def. [Q] Nuria Brancaccio (ITA) 76 (5) 75

[7] Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) def [WC} Yasmine Kabbaj (MAR) 63 64

Bai Zhaoxuan (CHN) def Kayla Day (USA) 63 76 (4)

Nadia Podoroska (ARG) def Tatjana Maria (GER) 62 64

Peyton Stearns (USA) def. [Q] Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 57 62 61

Doubles, first round

[3] Eri Hozumi / Makoti Ninomiya (JPN) def. ~~Elina Avanesyan (RUS) / Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP)~~ [ALT] Camila Osorio (COL) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 26 64 [10-7]

Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Kimberley Zimmerman (BEL) def. [WC] Mallak El Allami / Aya El Aouni (MAR) 63 63

~~Fanny Stollar (HUN) / Taylor Townsend (USA)~~ [ALT] Harriet Dart (GBR) / Wang Xiyu (CHN) def [WC] Yasmine Kabbaj (MAR) / Ekaterina Yashina (RUS) 61 63

Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) / Wang Yafan (CHN) def. Samantha Murray Sharan (GBR) / Katarzyna Piter (POL) 76 (4) 63