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Having a 500 tournament in Mexico and Tunisia – and then having to be in Korea or Thailand a few days later is a pretty challenging schedule.

So we’ll see if Monastir finalist Rebecca Sramkova, who was already out of gas in that final, can make it to Hua Hin in time for a night match on Tuesday night. (She did, and she won).

And the contrasts at the 500 in Seoul are stark. You can have a first-round match between two qualifiers. Or you can have Putintseva v Anisimova, or Stearns v Raducanu.

The draw gods are rough.

(Seoul is 13 hours ahead of EDT; Hua Hin is 11 hours ahead)

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Hana Bank Korea Open
Location: Seoul, Korea
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Hard Court
Dates:  Sept. 16 – 22, 2024
Prize money: $922,573
Draws: S28 – D16

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024
Final results

Singles, first round

Amanda Anisimova (USA) def [6] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 63 76 (5) 

 

Hailey Baptiste (USA) def Sloane Stephens (USA) 76 (4) 62

[Q] Polina Kudermetova (RUS) def [Q] Priscilla Hon (AUS) 75 64

Emma Raducanu (GBR) def. Peyton Stearns (USA) 76 (4) 76 (5)

Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) def [WC] Su Jeong Jang (KOR) 76 (4) 46 63

Viktoriya Tomova (HUN) def Tatjana Maria (GER) 62 16 60

 

Doubles, first round

Shuko Aoyama / Eri Hozumi (JPN) def [4] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Heather Watson (GBR) 60 46 [10-4]

 

[1] Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def. Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) 64 62

 

Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def. [WC] Dabin Kim / Na-Ri Kim (KOR) 75 64

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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

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024
Final results

Singles, first round

Mai Hontama (JPN) def [1] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 76 (4) 75  

[Q] Arianne Hartono (NED) def [7] Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) 61 61

 

[3] Wang Xinyu (CHN) def Mayar Sherif (EGY) 62 64

[4] Magda Linette (POL) def Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 62 75 

 

Jana Fett (CRO) def Zheng Saisai (CHN) 26 63 63

[Q] Gao Xinyu (GHN) def. [Q] Wei Sijia (CHN) 63 62

Rebeka Masarova (ESP) def Anna Bondar (HUN) 36 76 (2) 75

Nadia Podoroska (ARG) def. [Q] Ksenia Laskutova (RUS) 61 60

Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) def [Q] Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) 62 26 64

 

Doubles, first round

Nadia Podoroska (ARG) / Katie Volynets (USA) def [2] Timea Babos (HUN) / Anna Siskova (CZE) 61 76 (4)

 

En-Shuo Liang (TPE) / Tang Qianghui (CHN) def Feng Shuo (CHN) / Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) 61 64

 

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WTA Tour – Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 final results

WTA Tour – Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024 final results

 

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