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it’s back to the regularly scheduled programming on the WTA Tour, with a 500-level tournament in Guadalajara and a WTA 250 in Tunisia that does not include homegrown heroine Ons Jabeur.
So that takes … a fair bit of sting out of the thing, which was probably conceived in large part to take advantage of her success to promote women’s tennis in the country.
In Guadalajara, it’s another unfair turn of events for the city and the tournament owners, who put their money where their mouths are by bailing out the WTA on a couple of major events during the pandemic. In the end, they have a 500 the week after the US Open as players take a break before the Asian swing, while San Diego leaped ahead of them and got a much better date right before Indian Wells. They deserve a lot better.
(Monastir is 5 hours ahead of EDT; Guadalajara is two hours behind)
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Guadalajara Open
Location: Guadalajara, Mexico
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Sept. 9 – 15, 2024
Prize money: $922,573
Draws: S28 – D16
Monday, Sept. 9, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
[7] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def [LL] Sachia Vickery (USA) 64 64
[Q] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) def Sloane Stephens (USA) 64 63
Camila Osorio (COL) def. Hailey Baptiste (USA) 63 62
Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) def. [Q] Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 75 60
Renata Zarazua (MEX) def Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 61 36 61
Doubles, first round
Valeria Savinykh (RUS) / Marina Stakusic (CAN) def. Anna Rogers / Alana Smith (USA) 61 36 [10-4]
Katarzyna Piter (POL) / Fanny Stollar (HUN) def. Angelica Moratelli (ITA) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 63 36 [11-9]
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Jasmin Open Tunisia
Location: Monastir Tunisia
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Sept. 9 – 15, 2024
Prize money: $267,082
Draws: S32 – D16
Monday, Sept. 9, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) def [8] Anna Blinkova (RUS) 64 64
[2] Clara Burel (FRA) def. Marina Bassols Ribera (ESP) 62 62
[3] Diane Parry (FRA) def. [WC] Chiraz Bechri (TUN) 63 60
Mai Hontama (JPN) def [WC] Priska Nugroho (INA) 62 61
Eva Lys (GER) def Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 63 75
Yuriko Miyazaki (GBR) def Alycia Parks (USA) 63 57 63
Doubles, first round
Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) / Jodie Burrage (GBR) def [1] Camilla Rosatello (ITA) / Kimberley Zimmerman (BEL) 75 61
[4] Emily Appleton (GBR) / Martyna Kubka (POL) def Freya Christie (GBR) / Yuliana Lizarazo (COL) 67 (5) 63 [10-7]
Anita Wagner (BIH) / Ekaterina Yashina (RUS) def Magali Kempen / Lara Salden (BEL) 62 06 [10-8]
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