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Madison Keys and Liudmila Samsonova weren’t seeded in Adelaide, but they were more than worthy semifinalists based on past ranking and accomplishments.

Keys, notably, rolled all over No. 3 seed Daria Kasatkina just Thursday. And she as impressive again in the semifinals.

In Hobart, Sofia Kenin and Magda Linette bailed out of their doubles semifinal. Time to get to Melbourne and see what the first Grand Slam of the 2025 season has in store.

(Hobart is 16 hours ahead of ET, Adelaide 15 1/2 hours).

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Adelaide International
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Jan. 6 – 11, 2025
Prize Money: $1,064,510
Draws: S32 – D16

Friday, Jan. 10, 2025
Final results

Singles, semifinals

[1] Jessica Pegula (USA) def Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 76 (4) 63

Madison Keys (USA) def Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 57 75 30 retd

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Doubles final

Guo Hanyu (CHN) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) def Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) / Laura Siegemund (GER) 75 64

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Hobart International
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Jan. 6 – 11, 2025
Prize Money: $275,094
Draws: S32 – D16

Friday, Jan. 10, 2025
Final results

Singles, semifinals

McCartney Kessler (USA) def [6] Elina Avanesyan (ARM) 46 63 64

[2] Elise Mertens (MEX) def [WC] Maya Joint (AUS) 62 63

Doubles semifinal

[4] Jiang Xinyu (CHN) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) def [1] Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) 64 57 [13-11]

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