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You hope for more from a WTA 500. But they’re not all created equal.
And the week before a major is an extra added challenge.
And so the Strasbourg semis had Elena Rybakina, No. 9 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia, Danielle Collins and No. 8 seed Liudmila Samsonova.
Not terrible. But it’s hard to know how good the matches are going to be with both Haddad Maia and Samsonova inconsistent, to say the least.
In Rabat, only No. 2 seed Camila Osorio survived to make the final four. And she went out.
Ajla Tomljanovic retired against countrywoman Maya Joint. But the two will meet again early next week in the first round of Roland Garros. Because the draw gods are like that.
(Strasbourg is six hours ahead of EDT; Rabat is five hours ahead).
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Internationaux de Strasbourg
Location: Strasbourg, France
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: May 18 – 24, 2025
Prize Money: $1,064,510
Draws: S28 – D16
Friday, May 23, 2025
Final results
Singles, semifinals
[4] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def [9] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 76 (7) 16 62
[8] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def Danielle Collins (USA) 64 62
Doubles semifinal
Guo Hanyu (CHN) / Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) def [4] Wang Xinyu (CHN) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) 75 62
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Grand Prix Sar La Princese Lalla Meryem
Location: Rabat, Morocco
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: May 18 – 24, 2025
Prize Money: $275.094
Draws: S32 – D16
Friday, May 23, 2025
Final results
Doubles final
Maya Joint (AUS) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) def Angelica Moratelli / Camila Rosatello (ITA) 63 75
Singles, semifinals
Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) def. [2] Camila Osorio (COL) 67 (6) 64 64
Maya Joint (AUS) def Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 64 retd
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