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Leylah Fernandez got her grass-court season under way on Monday, with an intriguing matchup against the crafty Sara Sorribes Tormo that ended up, well, not intriguing at all.

it was a quick, ruthless dispatch.

In Berlin, where all of the top 10 except the two Roland Garros finalists are in the hunt, there are plenty of fascinating first-round matchups.

But the only one that was really happening on Monday was Marta Kostyuk vs. Daria Kasatkina. And it delivered,

 

ATP Tour – Monday, June 17, 2024 final results

(Berlin is 6 hours ahead of EDT; Birmingham 5 hours)

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ecotrans Ladies Open
Location: Berlin, Germany
Surface: Grass
Category: WTA 500
Dates: June 17 – 23, 2024
Prize money: €232,244
Draws: S28 – D16

Monday, June 17, 2024
Final results

Singles, first round

[5] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def [Q] Rebeka Masarova (ESP) 64 63

 

Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def [Q] Nao Hibino (JPN) 26 64 62

Daria Kasatkina (RUS) def Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 46 76 (6) 63

[Q] Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def Emma Navarro (USA) 64 63

[Q] Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) def [LL] Arantxa Rus (NED) 36 62 61

 

Doubles, first round

[1] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) def Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Wu Fang-Hsien (TPE) 46 60 [11-9]

 

[WC] Jule Niemeier / Noma Noha Akugue (GER) def Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 46 64 [10-6]

Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def. Giuliana Olmos (MEX) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) 61 64

Wang Xinyu / Zheng Saisai (CHN) def. Beatriz Haddad Maia / Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA) 67 (5) 76 (5) [10-5]

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Rothesay Classic
Location: Birmingham, UK
Surface: Grass
Category: WTA 250
Dates: June 17 – 23, 2024
Prize money: $267,082
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, June 17, 2024
Final results

Singles, first round

[6] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) def. Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 61 61

 

Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) def [1] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 63 63

Zhu Lin (CHN) def [3] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 76 (2) 62

 

[7] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def. [Q] Elina Avanesyan (RUS) 64 64

 

Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) def Magdalena Frech (POL) 26 63 64

[Q] Viktorija Golubic (SUI) def [Q] Camila Osorio (COL) 64 16 63

[WC] Sloane Stephens (USA) def Yuan Yue (CHN) 63 63

[PR] Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) def Anna Blinkova (RUS) 62 61

 

Doubles, first round

[1] Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) / Elise Mertens (BEL) def. [WC] Alycia Barnett / Freya Christie (GBR). 61 61

 

Anastasia Potapova (RUS) / Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) / Diana Shnaider (RUS) 36 61 [10-7]

 

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ATP Tour – Sunday, June 16, 2024 final results

WTA Tour – Sunday, June 16, 2024 final results

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