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Of the 16 seeds in the 48-player draw in Brisbane, 13 made the third round.
Which set up some terrific matches on this Thursday.
Those included Rybakina v Badosa, Keys v Shnaider and – almost an annual tradition in Brisbane – Andreeva v Noskova. Mostly they didn’t disappoint. At all.
(Brisbane is 15 hours ahead of EST, Auckland is 18 hours ahead)
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Category: WTA 500 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Dates: Jan. 4 – 11, 2025
Prize money: $1,206,446
Draws: S48 – D16
Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026
Final results
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Singles, third round
[16] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def [2] Amanda Anisimova (USA) 64 63
[11] Karolina Muchova (CZE) def [7] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 64 75
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[1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 63 63
[3] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. [15] Paula Badosa (ESP) 63 62
[4] Jessica Pegula (USA) def Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 57 62 63
[5] Madison Keys (USA) def. [12] Diana Shnaider (RUS) 67 (5) 76 (5) 76 (4)
[6] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) def [9] Linda Noskova (CZE) 57 64 75
[10] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def [Q] Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 64 64
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Doubles semifinal
[3] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Ellen Perez (AUS) def [2] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 63 46 [10-7]
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Doubles quarterfinal
Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) def [4] Irina Khromacheva / Alexandra Panova (RUS) 62 67 (2) [10-7]
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Location: Auckland, NZ
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Category: WTA 250
Dates: Jan. 5 – 11, 2022
Prize money: $283,347
Draws: S32 – D16
Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026
Final results
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Singles, second round
[1] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def [WC] Katie Boulter (GBR) 75 64
[4]Alexandra Eala (PHI) def. Petra Marcinko (CRO) 60 62
[5] Magda Linette (POL) def Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 75 26 63
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Sonay Kartal (GBR) def Ella Seidel (GER) 63 61
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