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Leylah Fernandez was looking for the semis in Hong Kong – as she defended her 2023 title there.

She has won a WTA Tour title each of the last three years, but time is running out to keep that streak going in 2024. 

Fernandez has one final so far, in Eastbourne on the grass.

She was 2-0 vs Pera, a fellow lefty, with both coming on outdoor hard courts in straight sets – most recently in Dubai in February.

This one was tight in the second set, but the Canadian prevailed.

ATP Tour – Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 final results

WTA Finals ’24 – Day 1 final results

(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

Friday, Nov. 1, 2024
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

[3] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) def [9] Bernarda Pera (USA) 61 76 (7)

 

[1] Diana Shnaider (RUS) def. Suzan Lamens (NED) 60 67 (4) 62

[2] Katie Boulter (GBR) def Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) 64 60

[6] Yuan Yue (CHN) def Sofia Kenin (USA) 63 63

 

Doubles semifinal

[3] Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) def. [2] Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) 67 (8) 75 [10-7] 

 

Doubles quarterfinal

[4] Shuko Aoyama / Eri Hozumi (JPN) def. Nao Hibino (JPN) / Jessika Ponchet (FRA) 26 75 [10-6]

 

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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

Friday, Nov. 1, 2024
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) def. [1] Renata Zarazua (MEX) 36 63 64

 

Alina Korneeva (RUS) def Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 63 61

Polina Kudmertova (RUS) def [PR] Nina Stojanovic (SRB) 57 64 63

Ann Li (USA) def Jil Teichmann (SUI) 61 61

 

Singles, second round

Alina Korneeva (RUS) def. [5] Anna Blinkova (RUS) 75 62

 

Doubles, quarterfinals

Magali Kempen / Lara Salden (USA) def. [2] Jessie Aney / Carmen Corley (USA) 64 76 (7)

 

[1] Quinn Gleason (USA) / Ingrid Martins (BRA) def [WC] Maja Chwaliska (POL) / Antonia Ruzic (CRO)  76 (4) 61 

[4] Maria Lourdes Carlé (ARG) / Eva Vedder (NED) def. Varvara Lepchenko / Elisabeth Mandlik (USA) 63 64

 

[3] Renata Zarazua (MEX) / Anastasia Tikhonova (RUS)  vs Maria Kononova / Maria Kozyreva (RUS)

 

Doubles, first round

[3] Renata Zarazua (MEX) / Anastasia Tikhonova (RUS) def. Maria Paulina Perez Garcia (COL) / Christina Rosca (USA) 63 67 (4) [10-4]

 

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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

Friday, Nov. 1, 2024
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

Viktorija Golubic (SUI) def. [6] Arantxa Rus (NED) 75 46 76 (5)

 

[1] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) def. [5] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 62 62

[2] Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) def Martina Trevisan (ITA) 63 36 62

 

Laura Siegemund (GER) def. [Q] Mananchaya Sawanngkaew (THA) 64 62

 

Doubles, semifinal

Guo Hanyu (CHN) / Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) def Anna Bondar (HUN) / Kimberley Zimmerman (BEL) 61 75

 

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WTA Tour – Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024 final results

ATP Tour – Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024 final results

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