February 11, 2025

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

(Photo: Mérida Open Akron)

Second-round matches go at both the Asian stops – in Hong Kong and Jiangxi – and in Mérida for more of the North-America based players, many of whom have been playing the bigger ITFs in the U.S. and Canada.

With Marie Bouzkova the top seed in Jiangxi, will the hard-luck kid of women’s tennis pull off a title to end the season?

Bouzkova has one title, in 2022 in Prague. She has six heartbreaking losses in finals. AND dozens more heartbreakers along the way when she didn’t get there.

All with good grace. Maybe this one is hers. 

(Hong Kong and Jiangxi are 12 hours ahead of EDT; Mérida is two hours behind)

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Hong Kong Tennis Open
Location: Hong Kong, China
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates:  Oct. 28 – Nov. 3, 2024
Prize money: $267,082
Draws: S32 – D16

Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024
Final results

Singles, first round

[1] Diana Shnaider (RUS) def. Priscilla Hon (AUS) 64 61

[2] Katie Boulter (GBR) def. Wang Xiyu (CHN) 76 (7) 64

[6] Yuan Yue (CHN) def Nao Hibino (JPN) 46 75 62

[9] Bernarda Pera (USA) def [Q] Shi Han (CHN) 60 64 

 

Doubles, first round

[1] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Miyu Kato (JPN) def. [WC] I-Hsuan Cho / Yi-Tsen Cho (TPE) 57 64 [10-6]

[4] Shuko Aoyama / Eri Hozumi (JPN) def. Wang Xiyu / Xu Yifan (CHN) 36 63 [10-8]

 

Nao Hibino (JPN) / Jessika Ponchet (FRA) def [WC] Eudice Chong / Hong Yi Cody Wong (HKG) 46 63 [11-9]

 

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Mérida Open Akron
Location: Mérida, Mexico
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Oct. 28 – Nov. 3, 2024
Prize money: $267,082
Draws: S32 – D16

Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024
Final results

Singles, second round

Ann Li (USA) def Antonia Ruzic (CRO) 62 62

 

Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) vs. Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) 13 – suspended

 

Singles, first round

Marina Stakusic (CAN) def. Maya Joint (AUS) 26 76 (2) 76 (2)

 

Polina Kudermetova (RUS) def [2] Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 61 61

 

[1] Renata Zarazua (MEX) def. [WC] Akasha Urhobo (USA) 75 62

[5] Anna Blinkova (RUS) def. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 62 46 40 retd

 

Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) def. [WC] Ana Sofia Sanchez (MEX) 62 61

 

 

Doubles, first round

Magali Kempen / Lara Salden (BEL) def Victoria Rodriguez / Ana Sofia Sanchez (MEX) 62 63

Varvara Lepchenko / Elisabeth Mandlik (USA) def Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Nina Stojanovic (SRB) 63 36 [10-5]

 

[3] Renata Zarazua (MEX) / Anastasia Tikhonova (RUS) vs. Maria Paulina Perez Garcia (COL) / Christina Rosca (USA) 11 – suspended

 

  

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Jiangxi Open
Location: Jiujiang, China
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Oct. 28 – Nov. 3, 2024
Prize money: $267,082
Draws: S32 – D16

Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024
Final results

Singles, second round

[1] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) def. [LL] Yao Xinxin (CHN) 63 63

[5] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) def Elena Pridankina (RUS) 46 64 75

 

[Q] Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) def [PR] Zheng Saisai (CHN) 46 61 76 (6)

Laura Siegemund (GER) def Tamara Korpatsch (GER) 64 64

 

Doubles quarterfinal

Anna Bondar (HUN) / Kimberley Zimmerman (BEL) def. [2] Jiang Xinyu (CHN) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) 16 75 [10-5]

 

Doubles, first round

[1] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) def Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers (ESP) / Arantxa Rus (NED) 62 62

[4] Katarzyna Piter (POL) / Fanny Stollar (HUN) def. Samantha Murray-Sharan / Eden Silva (GBR) 63 62

 

Guo Hanyu (CHN) / Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) def. [WC] Feng Shuo / Wang Meiling (CHN) 16 62 [12-10]

 

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