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Still no top-four seeds in Berlin.
But they got right going with Naomi Osaka having another tough draw as she opened against No. 6 seed Zheng Qinwen. Three sets, but the favorite won it.
Lady needs to get herself seeded, pronto. In the end, she’s out in the first round, in three sets.
Maria Sakkari vs Victoria Azarenka was also a tough opener. As it turned out, especially tough for Sakkari.
(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
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
[8] Ons Jabeur (TUN) vs. [Q] Wang Xinyu (CHN) 64 – suspended
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def [7] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 64 62
[6] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def [WC] Naomi Osaka (JPN) 64 36 63
Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 64 64
[Q] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def Liudmila Samsonova (RUS)36 64 64
Linda Noskova (CZE) def [WC] Angelique Kerber (GER) 76 (4) 26 64
[WC] Donna Vekic (CRO) def [WC] Julie Niemeier (GER) 16 61 63
Doubles, first round
[4] Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (USA) vs. Linda Noskova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 46 05 – suspended
[2] Luisa Stefani (BRA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) def. Desirae Krawczyk (USA) / Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 63 64
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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
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
[4] Katie Boulter (GBR) vs. Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 36 – suspended
[2] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) def [Q] Daria Saville (AUS) 61 76 (5)
[5] Elise Mertens (BEL) def [WC] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 64 61
[8] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) def [WC] Heather Watson (GBR) 36 64 75
[WC] Harriet Dart (GBR) def [Q] Moyuka Ichijima (JPN) 63 63
[LL] Caroline Dolehide (USA) def. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 26 63 76 (5)
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def Clara Burel (FRA) 63 64
Diana Shnaider (RUS) def. [Q] Amelia Rajecki (GBR) 75 63
Doubles, first round
[4] Asia Muhammad (USA) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) def Guo Hanyu / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) 57 64 [10-3]
[WC] Samantha Murray Sharan / Eden Silva (GBR) def Sorana Cirstea (ROU) / Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 64 61
Miyu Kato (JPN) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) def Sara Beth Grey / Tara Moore (GBR) 62 63
Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) def. Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Yana Sizikova (RUS) 76 (4) 62
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