February 9, 2025

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

It was already semifinals day in Abu Dhabi, with the prospect of back-to-back 1000s in Doha and Dubai.

And No. 1 seed Elena Rybakina (who barely survived in Ons Jabeur in the quarters) was by far the highest-ranked player left in the draw. But she faced Belinda Bencic, who is just coming back from maternity leave but who knows how to win. And did.

Four seeds remained in Cluj-Napoca, including No. 1 Anasasia Potapova. Now, only she and No. 5 Katerina Siniakova remain.

And in Mumbai, Rebecca Marino looked for a semifinal spot – and got it.

(Cluj-Napoca is 7 hours ahead of ET; Doha is 8 hours ahead, Abu Dhabi 9 hours ahead and Mumbai is 11 hours ahead).

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Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Category: WTA 500 
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Feb. 3 – 9, 2025
Prize Money: $1,064,510
Draws: S28 – D16

Friday, Feb. 7, 2025
Final results

Singles, semifinals

[WC] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def [1] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 36 63 64

 

Ashlyn Krueger (USA) def Linda Noskova (CZE) 76 (2) 64

 

Doubles, semifinals

[1] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) / Ellen Perez (AUS) def Laura Samson / Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 63 62

[4] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Zhang Shuai (FRA) def Olivia Gadecki (AUS) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) 61 64

 

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Transylvania Open
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Category: WTA 250 
Surface: Hard Court
Dates:  Feb. 3 – 9, 2025
Prize Money: $275,094
Draws: S32 – D16

Friday, Feb. 7, 2025
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

[LL] Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def [4] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 26 64 76 (3) 

Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) def [7] Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 61 64

 

[1] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def [Q] Anna Seidel (GER) 62 63

[5] Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 63 76 (7)

 

 

Doubles semifinal

Magali Kempen (BEL) / Anna Siskova (CZE) def [4] Emily Appleton (GBR) / Tang Qianhui (CHN) 75 46 [10-6]

 

Doubles quarterfinal

Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) / Angelica Moratelli (ITA) def. Irina-Camelia Begu / Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 75 64

 

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L&T Mumbai Open
Location: Mumbai, India
Category: WTA 125 
Surface: Hard Court
Dates:  Feb. 3 – 9, 2025
Prize Money: $115,000
Draws: S32 – D16

Friday, Feb. 7, 2025
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

[2] Rebecca Marino (CAN) def Mai Hontama (JPN) 63 64

 

[5] Jil Teichmann (SUI) def. [WC] Shvrivalli Bhamidipaty (IND) 62 62

[8] Mananchata Sawangkaew (THA) def Lanlana Tararudee (THA) 75 36 62

 

[WC] Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (IND) def [Q] Mei Yamaguchi (JPN) 64 36 62

 

 

Doubles, quarterfinals

Arianne Hartono (NED) / Prarthana Thombare (IND) def [3] Eden Silva (GBR) / Anastasia Tikhonova (RUS) 26 64 [10-2]

 

[2] Amina Anshba / Elena Pridankina (RUS) def. Alicia Barnett (USA) / Rutuja Bhosale (IND) 64 63

[4] Nicole Fossa Huergo / Camilla Rosatello (ITA) def. [WC] Shvrivalli Bhamidipaty / Riya Bhatia (IND) 63 63

 

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Qatar TotalEnergies Open
Location: Doha, Qatar
Category: WTA 1000 
Surface: Hard Court
Dates:  Feb. 9 – 15, 2025
Prize Money: $3,654,963
Draws: S56 – D32

Friday, Feb. 7, 2025
Final results
Qualifying, first round

[5] Renata Zarazua (MEX) def. Darja Semenistaja (LAT) 62 21 retd

Rebeka Masarova (SUI) def [15] Hailey Baptiste (USA) 75 retd

 

Daria Saville (AUS) def [7] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 61 63

Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) def [11] Taylor Townsend (USA) 63 67 (4) 62

Aoi Ito (JPN) def [16] Anna Bondar (HU) 46 63 63

 

[1] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def. Sara Errani (ITA) 64 61

[3] Polina Kudermetova (RUS) def. [WC] Zheng Saisai (CHN) 61 63

[4] Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) def. Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) 63 26 63

[6] Katie Volyets (USA) def [WC] Ipek Oz (TUR) 62 61

[8] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) def. Anna Karolina Shmiedlova (SVK) 64 61

[9] Erika Andreeva (RUS) def Nao Hibino (JPN) 61 60

[10] Laura Siegemund (GER) def Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) 26 62 64

[12] Greet Minnen (BEL) def. Jule Niemeier (GER) 63 61

[13] Alycia Parks (USA) def. Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL) 61 60

[14] Sonay Kartal (GBR) def. Chloe Paquet (FRA) 61 75

 

Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def. [ALT] Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) 61 60 

 

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