WTA 250 Hong Kong, Jiangxi, Mérida 10/28 - 11/3 2024

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Tournament: Hong Kong Tennis Open
Location: Hong Kong, China
Dates: October 28 - November 3, 2024
Level: WTA 250
Surface: Hard

Seed Player Entry Rank

2 Diana Shnaider 16
3 Leylah Fernandez 28
4 Magdalena Frech 31
5 Katie Boulter 34
8 Anastasia Potapova 38
Lulu Sun 40
Yue Yuan 41
Elina Avanesyan 47
Xinyu Wang 50
Varvara Gracheva 62
Clara Tauson 72
Cristina Bucsa 79
Olivia Gadecki 84
Bernarda Pera 92
95 Wang, Xiyu (CHN)
100 Betova, Margarita (RUS) SR
108 Ponchet, Jessika (FRA)
120 Bogdan, Ana (ROU)
130 Sasnovich, Aliaksandra (BLR)
145 Hibino, Nao (JPN)
168 Kenin, Sofia (USA)

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Tournament: Jiangxi Open
Location: JiuJiang, China
Dates: October 28 - November 3, 2024
Level: WTA 250
Surface: Hard

Main Draw Singles

42 Bouzkova, Marie (CZE)
57 Bouzas Maneiro, Jessica (ESP)
58 Wang, Yafan (CHN)
61 Sramkova, Rebecca (SVK)
63 Uchijima, Moyuka (JPN)
69 Siegemund, Laura (GER)
71 Rakhimova, Kamilla (RUS)
77 Bronzetti, Lucia (ITA)
82 Rus, Arantxa (NED)
90 Bondar, Anna (HUN)
96 Golubic, Viktorija (SUI)
97 Danilovic, Olga (SRB)
102 Martic, Petra (CRO)
103 Begu, Irina-Camelia (ROU)
112 Trevisan, Martina (ITA)
115 Starodubtseva, Yuliia (UKR)
116 Hontama, Mai (JPN)
118 Fett, Jana (CRO)
122 Fruhvirtova, Brenda (CZE)
123 Seidel, Ella (GER)
125 Korpatsch, Tamara (GER)
134 Fruhvirtova, Linda (CZE)
140 Wei, Sijia (CHN)

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Tournament: Mérida Open Akron
Location: Mérida, Mexico
Dates: October 28 - November 3, 2024
Level: WTA 250
Surface: Hard

Main Draw Singles

20 Vekic, Donna (CRO)
46 Stearns, Peyton (USA)
55 Cocciaretto, Elisabetta (ITA)
65 Kessler, McCartney (USA)
66 Podoroska, Nadia (ARG)
74 Zarazua, Renata (MEX)
78 Blinkova, Anna (RUS)
81 Parrizas Diaz, Nuria (ESP)
83 Niemeier, Jule (GER)
85 Maria, Tatjana (GER)
86 Carle, Maria Lourdes (ARG)
88 Tsurenko, Lesia (UKR)
104 Sorribes Tormo, Sara (ESP)
106 Montgomery, Robin (USA)
107 Tomljanovic, Ajla (AUS)
113 Joint, Maya (AUS)
121 Stojanovic, Nina (SRB) SR
126 Li, Ann (USA)
127 Kudermetova, Polina (RUS)
128 Parks, Alycia (USA)
129 Korneeva, Alina (RUS) SR
133 Marino, Rebecca (CAN)
142 Teichmann, Jil (SUI)

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Qualifying Draw - Hong Kong

X. Gao (1) vs C. Tsao
M. Ng vs C. Zhao (9)

Y. Ma (2) vs M. Ninomiya
J. Leong (WC) vs T. Prozorova (8)

S. Jang (3) vs S. Che (WC)
I. Cho (WC) vs K. Okamura (10)

H. Inoue (4) vs H. Wu
Y. Leung vs T. Naklo (12)

J. Lu (5) vs N. Kolb
M. Guo vs M. Yamaguchi (11)

H. Shi (6) vs U. Eikeri
Y. Cho (WC) vs E. Liang (7)

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Qualifying Draw – Jiangxi

M. Sawangkaew (1) vs X. Jiang (WC)
E. Silva vs Z. Li (7)

X. Yao (2) vs J. Lu (WC)
J. Wang vs F. Liu (5)

X. You (3) vs Y. Yang
E. Yashina vs P. Plipuech (8)

Z. Kulambayeva (4) vs P. Nugroho
S. Feng vs M. Portillo Ramirez (6)

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Main Draw Singles – Hong Kong

RUS D. Shnaider (1) vs Qualifier
AUS P. Hon vs HKG E. Chong
Qualifier vs NED S. Lamens
HKG H. Wong vs ESP C. Bucsa (8)

CAN L. Fernandez (3) vs GBR H. Watson
ROU A. Bogdan vs AUS K. Birrell
RUS M. Gasparyan vs Qualifier
JPN S. Saito vs NZL L. Sun (5)

CHN Y. Yuan (6) vs ROU S. Halep
JPN N. Hibino vs BLR A. Sasnovich
Qualifier vs USA S. Kenin
FRA J. Ponchet vs CHN X. Wang (4)

FRA V. Gracheva (7) vs Qualifier
USA B. Pera vs RUS A. Zakharova
CHN X. Wang vs Qualifier
JPN A. Ito vs GBR K. Boulter (2)

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Main Draw Singles - Jiangxi

(1) M. Bouzkova vs A. Eala
Qualifier vs Qualifier
E. Pridankina vs E. Seidel
P. Martic vs (5) K. Rakhimova

(4) J. Bouzas Maneiro vs Z. Diyas
Qualifier vs V. Golubic
L. Fruhvirtova vs K. von Deichmann
Y. Starodubtseva vs (6) A. Rus

(7) L. Bronzetti vs Qualifier
J. Fett vs S. Zheng
T. Korpatsch vs A. Bondar
L. Siegemund vs (3) M. Uchijima

(8) O. Danilovic vs A. Hartono
W. Zheng vs M. Trevisan
M. Hontama vs S. Wei
S. Zhang vs (2) R. Sramkova

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Qualifying Draw – Mérida

M. Chwalinska (1) vs M. Kononova
A. Frey (WC) vs S. Chang (8)

E. Mandlik (2) vs V. Rodriguez
E. Vedder vs A. Sobolieva (7)

A. Sharma (3) vs J. Aney
M. Kozyreva vs A. Tikhonova (5)

M. Bulgaru (4) vs A. Guadiana Campos (WC)
V. Hu vs T. Zidansek (6)

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Main Draw Singles - Mérida

MEX R. Zarazua (1) vs USA A. Urhobo
Qualifier vs CAN R. Marino
USA R. Montgomery vs FRA E. Jacquemot
TUR Z. Sonmez vs ARG M. Carle (6)

GER J. Niemeier (4) vs ITA L. Stefanini
ESP S. Sorribes Tormo vs MEX A. Sanchez
USA A. Parks vs RUS A. Korneeva
UKR L. Tsurenko vs RUS A. Blinkova (5)

ESP N. Parrizas Diaz (8) vs USA A. Li
CRO A. Ruzic vs CZE L. Samson
SUI J. Teichmann vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs AUS A. Tomljanovic (3)

GER T. Maria (7) vs SRB N. Stojanovic
AUS M. Joint vs CANM. Stakusic
Qualifier vs USA V. Lepchenko
RUS P. Kudermetova vs ARG N. Podoroska (2)

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Monday October 28 Order of Play Jiangxi

Center Court
Starts at 12:00 AM

UKR Y. Starodubtseva vs NED A. Rus (6)
Upcoming
NED A. Hartono/IND P. Thombare vs ITA A. Moratelli/CZE A. Siskova (3)
Upcoming
CZE M. Bouzkova (1) vs PHI A. Eala

Court 1
Starts at 12:00 AM

GER T. Korpatsch vs HUN A. Bondar
Upcoming
CRO P. Martic vs RUS K. Rakhimova (5)
Upcoming
ESP J. Bouzas Maneiro (4) vs KAZ Z. Diyas
Upcoming
HUN A. Bondar/BEL K. Zimmermann vs CHN J. Wang/CHN W. Zheng

Court 2
Starts at 12:00 AM

CZE L. Fruhvirtova vs LIE K. Von Deichmann
Upcoming
RUS E. Pridankina vs GER E. Seidel
Upcoming
JPN M. Hontama/GER T. Korpatsch vs CHN X. Jiang/TPE F. Wu (2)

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Monday October 28 Order of Play Hong Kong

Centre Court
Starts at 2:00 AM

AUS P. Hon vs HKG E. Chong
Followed By
CHN X. Wang vs USA H. Inoue
Followed By
CHN Y. Yuan (6) vs ROU S. Halep
Followed By
FRA J. Ponchet vs CHN X. Wang (4)

Court 1
Starts at 2:00 AM

JPN S. Saito vs USA B. Pera (9)
Followed By
RUS M. Gasparyan vs CHN H. Shi
Followed By
CHN X. Gao/KOR S. Jang vs SVK T. Mihalikova/GBR O. Nicholls (2)

Court 2
Starts at 2:00 AM

TPE E. Liang/TPE C. Tsao vs NOR U. Eikeri/JPN M. Ninomiya (3)
Followed By
CZE A. Detiuc/USA S. Santamaria vs CHN Y. Ma/CAN C. Zhao

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Yuan defeats Halep in straight sets in Hong Kong first round

No.6 seed Yuan Yue came from 3-0 down in the second set to defeat wild card Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 in 1 hour and 22 minutes in the first round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open.

Yuan fired 22 winners and committed only 12 unforced errors as she overpowered the 33-year-old former World No.1, rattling off the last six games in a row to set up a second-round meeting with either Nao Hibino or lucky loser Lu Jia-Jing. In her on-court interview afterwards, she admitted that she had been "nervous" ahead of the match, but reminded herself that she had to "keep going to play to win this."

Halep made her return from a doping suspension of nine months -- reduced from an original four years -- in Miami in March, losing to Paula Badosa in the first round. However, a left knee injury forced her to retire against McCartney Kessler in the first round of the Paris WTA 125 event in May and sidelined her for another four months.

Four weeks ago, Halep notched her first match win since 2022 in the Hong Kong WTA 125 tournament in three sets against Arina Rodionova before falling 6-2, 6-1 to Anna Blinkova in the second round. On the same courts for this week's WTA 250 event, playing her fourth tournament and fifth match of the year, she was unable to replicate the result against No.45-ranked Yuan.

Halep was intermittently able to out-manoeuvre the Chinese 26-year-old, who claimed her first Hologic WTA Tour title in Austin this year. But by and large, Yuan was able to hit through Halep's defenses, using heavy forehands to pull the Romanian wide off court and creating the open space.

Halep's own rust also showed in 19 unforced errors, which outweighed her 17 winners. Despite Yuan's brief dip in form at the start of the second set, once she found her groove she rolled to victory. During the six-game streak with which she wrapped up the match, Yuan did not face game point.

Halep takes positives, uncertain about 2025 schedule: Afterwards, Halep said that the bright side of her defeat was in her improvement.

"Was not bad at all, but the opponent was playing really well and she had confidence," she said. "I would say I'm not happy with the way I played, but it's much better than previous matches so I'm just taking the positives. Body is tired, but it's normal because I had such a long break. It's better than last time, so I take it as a positive."

Looking ahead, Halep was unsure of her 2025 schedule, but had a firm goal for the off-season.

"[The schedule] depends on wild cards, doesn't depend on me," she said. "About the off-season, I just want to woork (sic) harder than I did these few weeks, because I really need a stronger body to perform at this level."


https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4157664/ ... irst-round

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She might be able to claw her way back into the top 100, but I don't think she'll contend for titles.

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Tuesday October 29 Order of Play Hong Kong

Centre Court
Starts at 2:00 AM

JPN A. Ito vs GBR K. Boulter (2)
Followed By
RUS D. Shnaider (1) vs JPN K. Okamura
Followed By
JPN M. Yamaguchi vs USA S. Kenin
Followed By
CAN L. Fernandez (3) vs GBR H. Watson

Court 1
Starts at 2:00 AM

CHN X. Gao vs NED S. Lamens
Followed By
HKG H. Wong vs ESP C. Bucsa (8)
Followed By
ROU A. Bogdan vs AUS K. Birrell
Followed By
HKG J. Leong/HKG M. Ng vs RUS M. Gasparyan/RUS T. Prozorova

Court 2
Starts at 2:00 AM

JPN N. Hibino vs CHN J. Lu
Followed By
FRA V. Gracheva (7) vs RUS T. Prozorova
Followed By
KOR S. Jang vs RUS A. Zakharova
Followed By
JPN A. Ito/JPN K. Okamura vs UKR M. Kolb/UKR N. Kolb

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Tuesday October 28 Order of Play Jiangxi

Center Court
Starts at 12:00 AM

CRO J. Fett vs CHN S. Zheng
Followed By
CHN W. Zheng vs ITA M. Trevisan
Followed By
JPN M. Hontama vs CHN S. Wei
Followed By
CHN S. Zhang vs SVK R. Sramkova (2)

Court 1
Starts at 12:00 AM

CHN F. Liu vs CHN X. Yao
Followed By
ITA L . Bronzetti (7) vs THA M. Sawangkaew
Followed By
GER L. Siegemund vs JPN M. Uchijima (3)

Court 2
Starts at 12:00 AM

CHN X. You vs SUI V. Golubic
Followed By
HUN A. Bondar vs NED A. Hartono
Followed By
RUS E. Pridankina/RUS E. Yashina vs KAZ Z. Kulambayeva/THA P. Plipuech
Followed By
GBR E. Appleton/CHN Q. Tang vs RUS S. Lansere/RUS K. Rakhimova