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Homegirl Ons Jabeur didn’t get to the Monastir final. But the match between Alizé Cornet and Elise Mertens should have still been quality.

It wasn’t; Mertens was all over it.

In Ostrava, Iga Swiatek narrowly escaped it Saturday against Ekaterina Alexandrova. And it was the same for Barbora Krejcikova against Elena Rybakina. About what you’d expect with three Slam champions in the semis of a 500.

Two Roland Garros champions went at it Sunday in a marathon that may well go down as one of the matches of the season, when it’s all said and done.

ATP Tour – Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022 final results

Agel Open 2022
Location: Ostrava, Czech Republic
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 3 – 9, 2022
Prize money: $757,900
Draws: S28 – D16

Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022
Final results

Singles final

Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) def [1] Iga Swiatek (POL) 57 76 (4) 63

Doubles final

Caty McNally / Alycia Parks (USA) def [3] Alicja Rosolska (POL) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) 63 62

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Jasmin Open Monastir
Location: Monastir, Tunisia
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 3 – 9, 2022
Prize money: $251,750
Draws: S32 – D16

Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022
Final results

Singles final

[5] Elise Mertens (BEL) def [3] Alizé Cornet (FRA) 62 60

Doubles final

[1] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def [2] Miyu Kato (JPN) / Angela Kulikov (USA) 62 60

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San Diego Open
Location: San Diego, Calif.
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 10 – 16, 2022
Prize money: $757,900
Draws: S32 – D16

Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022
Final results
Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[WC] Louisa Chirico (USA) def [WC] Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 63 61 (Alison Riske-Amritraj)
Caroline Dolehide (USA) def [6] Jil Teichmann (SUI) 64 62 (Karolina Pliskova)
[WC] Robin Montgomery (USA) def. [7] Bernarda Pera (USA) 16 61 64 ([6] Coco Gauff)
[11] Camila Osorio (COL) def [3] Qinwen Zheng (CHN) 46 64 76 (3) (Martina Trevisan)
[ALT] Ellen Perez (AUS) def [10] Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 41 retd (Madison Keys)
[12] Donna Vekic (CRO) def Lauren Davis (USA) 76 (3) 64 ([5] Maria Sakkari)