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The only Canadian woman in action at the WTA level this week is Carol Zhao, who got through the qualifying and is into the main draw at the WTA 500 in Seoul.
It’s a tournament that was hit by the withdrawal of just about all of its name players. Which is an abomination and so unfair for the tournament.
In Hua Hin, a tournament that was deleted from the schedule in favour of Singapore and then added this season as a one-off, late September event (it previously had been right after the Australian Open), some interesting matchups from the first day.
(Seoul is 13 hours ahead of EDT; Hua Hin is 11 hours ahead)
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Korea Open
Location: Seoul, Korea
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Sept. 16 – 22, 2024
Prize money: $922,573
Draws: S28 – D16
Monday, Sept. 16, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
[Q] Carol Zhao (CAN) vs. [WC] Dayeon Back (KOR) 64 61
[5] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def. Arantxa Rus (NED) 63 61
[7] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def. [Q] Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 75 36 60
[8] Yuan Yue (CHN) def [Q] Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 46 62 62
Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def. [PR] Zhang Shuai (CHN) 64 63
[Q] Heather Watson (GBR) def. [Q] Lu Jia-Jing (CHN) 64 64
Doubles, first round
Jang Su Jeong (KOR) / Sloane Stephens (USA) def. Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) / Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 64 62
Jiang Xinyu (CHN) / Wu Fang-Hsien (TPE) def Nao Hibino (JPN) / Priscilla Hon (AUS) 61 62
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Thailand Open
Location: Hua Hin, Thailand
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Sept. 16 – 22, 2024
Prize money: $267,082
Draws: S32 – D16
Monday, Sept. 16, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
[2] Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def. Arina Rodionova (AUS) 75 61
[5] Wang Xiyu (CHN) def Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 75 61
[6] Katie Volynets (USA) def. Clara Tauson (DEN) 76 (2) 46 63
[8] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) def Taylah Preston (AUS) 61 64
Laura Siegemund (GER) def Alycia Parks (USA) 64 63
[WC] Lanlana Tararudee (THA) def [WC] Thasaporn Naklo (THA) 60 61
Tamara Zidansek (SLO) def. [Q] Tatiana Prozorova (RUS) 26 63 61
Doubles, first round
Jana Fett (COL) / Mai Hontama (JPN) def Freya Christie (GBR) / Yuliana Lizarazo (COL) 62 64
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