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The last week of grass-court prep tournaments coincides with the Wimbledon qualifying at Roehampton.
But with two WTA 500 tournaments on the docket, and the women more willing to play the week before a major because their lot at the All-England Club is only best-of-three sets, there are some quality matchups this week.
The Canadians got going immediately, with Leylah Fernandez taking on No. 7 seed Barbora Krejcikova at Eastbourne into the evening – and winning – and wild card Bianca Andreescu drawing Anna Blinkova in Bad Homburg but going down in straights.
Also at Eastbourne, No. 1 seeds, the Cana-Kiwis Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe, got through easily and are into the quarterfinals
(Bad Homburg is 6 hours ahead of EDT; Eastbourne is 5 hours ahead)
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Bad Homburg Open
Location: Bad Homburg, Germany
Surface: Grass
Category: WTA 500
Dates: June 23 – 29, 2024
Prize money: $922,573
Draws: S32 – D16
Monday, June 24, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
Anna Blinkova (RUS) def [WC] Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 64 62
[7] Elina Svitolina (UKR) vs. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 36 76 (4) 21 – suspended, darkness
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) def [1] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 26 62 76 (4)
[2] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def. Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 63 61
[4] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) def. [LL] Tamara Korpatsch (GER) 61 76 (6)
Linda Noskova (CZE) def Taylor Townsend (USA) 75 61
Diana Shnaider (GER) def [WC] Angelique Kerber (GER) 75 63
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def Clara Burel (FRA) 63 67 (7) 61
Doubles, first round
[1] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) def. Arantxa Rus (NED) / Wu Fang-Hsien (TPE) 63 64
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Rothesay International
Location: Eastbourne, GBR (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Grass
Category: WTA 500
Dates: June 23 – 29, 2024
Prize money: $922,573
Draws: S32 – D16
Monday, June 24, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
Leylah Fernandez (CAN) def [7] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 62 36 62
[Q] Magda Linette (POL) def [8] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 16 76 (4) 64
[5] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def [Q] Greet Minnen (BEL) 76 (3) 61
[WC] Harriet Dart (GBR) def Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 75 67 (7) 64
[Q] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) def Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 63 62
Yuan Yue (CHN) def Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 63 66 retd
Doubles, first round
[1] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) def. Miriam Kolodziejova / Anna Siskova (CZE) 63 62
Asia Muhammad (USA) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) def [4] Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 36 64 [11-9]
Guo Hanyu / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) def Caroline Dolehide / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) 64 76 (5)
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