
A lot of upsets already in Singapore, a new event at the 250 level on the WTA Tour. And that certainly helps Anna Kalinskaya, who was injured during the Aussie summer, really kickstart her 2025 as the No. 1 seed.
In Linz, No. 3 Sakkari, No. 6 Potapova and No. 7 Avanesyan – who plays Australian Open doubles champ Katerina Siniakova – were in action.
Siniakova was out in a hurry.
(Linz is 6 hours ahead of ET; Singapore is 13 hours ahead).
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Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Location: Linz, Austria
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Jan. 27 – Feb. 2, 2025
Prize Money: $1,064,510
Draws: S32 – D16
Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025
Final results
Singles, second round
[3] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 63 62
[6] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def. Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) 76 (1) 64
[8] Clara Tauson (DEN) def Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 62 64
Singles, first round
[7] Elina Avanesyan (ARM) def. Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 63 62
Anna Blinkova (RUS) def. [Q] Sinja Kraus (AUT) 76 (3) 62
Doubles, quarterfinal
[4] Timea Babos (HUN) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) def Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) 63 20 retd
Doubles, first round
Katarzyna Piter (POL) / Fanny Stollar (HUN) def. [WC] Julia Grabher / Sinja Kraus (AUT) 61 62
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Singapore Tennis Open
Location: Singapore
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Jan. 27 – Feb. 2, 2025
Prize Money: $275,094
Draws: S32 – D16
Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025
Final results
Singles, second round
[1] Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def. [Q] Simona Waltert (SUI) 62 76 (3)
[6] Camila Osorio (COL) def [Q] Dominika Salkova (CZE) 36 62 64
Ann Li (USA) def [LL] Maria Timofeeva (RUS) 63 62
[Q] Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) def Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 64 64
Doubles, quarterfinal
[3] Wang Xinyu / Zheng Saisai (CHN) def Hailey Baptiste (USA) / Heather Watson (USA) 62 36 [10-6]
Doubles, first round
Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) / Xu Yifan (CHN) def [1] Caroline Dolehide / Taylor Townsend (USA) 64 64
[2] Desirae Krawczyk (USA) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) def. Madeleine Brooke (GBR) / Isabelle Haverlag (NED) 63 76 (3)
[4] Harriet Dart / Maia Lumsden (GBR) def. Amina Anshba (RUS) / Renata Zarazua (MEX) 46 64 [11-9]
Jiang XInyu / Zhu Lin (CHN) def Anna Karolina Shmiedlova (SVK) / Jil Teichmann (SUI) 62 76 (4)
Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Camila Osorio (COL) def. Arianne Hartono (NED) / Prarthana Thombare (IND) 61 63
Nao Hibino (JPN) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) def. Jessie Aney (USA) / Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) 36 64 [10-4]
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