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CThe final round of qualifying in Brisbane, along with the first round in Auckland, and there’s women’s tennis all over the place on Saturday.

It wasn’t a great day for the Aussies in Brisbane as No. 4 seed Daria Saville along with Astra Sharma and Arina Rodionova went down in the first round as well some of the younger players.

Also out were No. 9 seed Eva Lys and No. 10 Heather Watson

(Brisbane is 15 hours ahead of ET; Auckland is 18 hours ahead).

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Brisbane International
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Category: WTA 500 (joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Dec. 29, 2024 – Jan. 5, 2025
Prize Money: $1,520,600
Draws: S48 – D16

Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024
Final results
Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[12] Sara Bejlek (CZE) def [3] Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 67 (6) 62 10 retd (Anna Blinkova)

[6] Ana Bogdan (ROU) def Emiliana Arango (COL) 62 64 (Anastasia Potapova)

Priscilla Hon (AUS) def Guo Hanyu (CHN) 75 62 ([WC] Kimberly Birrell)

[11] Maddison Inglis (AUS) def Anastasiia Sobolieva (UKR) 63 60 ([WC] Maya Joint)

[7] Polina Kudermetova (RUS) def [1] Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) 62 63 (Wang Xinyu)

[8] Anca Todoni (ROU) def [5] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 62 63 (Cristina Bucsa)

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ASB Classic
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Dec. 30, 2024 – Jan. 5, 2025
Prize Money: $275,094
Draws: S32 – D16

Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024
Final results
Qualifying, first round

[WC] Monique Barry (NZL) def [1] Ena Shibahara (JPN) 76 (1) 64

[12] Emina Bektas (USA) def. Miriam Bulgaru (ROU) 57 63 64

[9] Jodie Burrage (GBR) def. Miriam Bolkvadze (GEO) 26 76 (4) 63

Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) def [10] Nuria Brancaccio (ITA) 26 62 63

Lina Glushko (ISR) def [8] Louisa Chirico (USA) 76 (3) 63

[2] Nao Hibino (JPN) def. [WC] Elyse Tse (NZL) 64 62

[5] Mai Hontama (JPN) def. Irene Burillo Escorihuela (ESP) 61 62

[11] Selena Janicijevic (FRA) def. Katarina Zavatska (UKR) 46 61 62

[4] Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND) def Ana Konjuh (CRO) 64 75

[6] Leyre Romero Gormaz (ESP) def. [WC] Valentina Ivanov (NZL) 67 (3) 76 (3) 64

[3] Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA) def. Haruka Kaji (JPN) 61 63

Sachia Vickery (USA) def [7] Laura Pigossi (BRA) 62 63

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