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A mishmash of players in the final round of qualifying with Rakhimova. Baptiste, Sorribes Tormo and Alycia Parks – but also Ariona Falei and Seong Jang Su.

Hua Hin champion Rebecca Sramkova continues her non-stop run with a win in qualifying Monday and an opportunity to make a WTA 1000 main draw on Tuesday. Which she did.

There were three lucky losers chosen as Raducanu, Pera and Stephens were late scratches.

(Beijing is 12 hours ahead of EDT)

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China Open
Location: Beijing, China
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Hard Court
Dates:  Sept. 25 – Oct. 6, 2024
Prize money: $8,127,389
Draws: S96 – D32

Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024
Final results
Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[6] Hailey Baptiste (USA) def Priscilla Hon (AUS) 64 64 (Varvara Gracheva)

[22] Kimberley Birrell (AUS) def. [1] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS)  46 62 76 (2) ([LL] Kamila Rakhimova)

[PR] Zarina Diyas (KAZ) def Heather Watson (GBR) 60 62 ([Q] Mananchaya Sawangkaew)

[19] Dalma Galfi (HUN) def Aliona Falei (RUS) 61 64 (Katie Volynets)

En-Shuo Liang (TPE) def. [15] Jana Fett (CRO) 61 76 (9) (Diane Parry)

[9] Alycia Parks (USA) def [13] Tamara Korpatsch (GER) 76 (5) 64 ([PR] Wang Qiang)

[8] Arina Rodionova (AUS) def [16] Mai Hontama (JPN) 75 60 (Elisabetta Cocciaretto)

[4] Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) def [WC] Lu Jia-Jing (CHN) 63 61 ([WC] Wei Sijia)

Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) def [12] Emina Bektas (USA) 64 62 ([Q] Zarina Diyas) 

[7] Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) def [23] Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) 61 61 ([WC] Gao Xinyu)

[5] Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) def Polina Kudermetova (RUS) 57 75 76 (5) (Anhelina Kalinina)

[10] Yuliia Starodubtseva (RUS) defs Jang Su Jeong (KOR) 60 62 (Laura Siegemund)

[LL] Jana Fett ([WC] Wang Meiling)

[LL] Kamila Rakhimova ([Q] Kimberly Birrell)

[LL] Emina Bektas (Elina Avanesyan)

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