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Tournament: Hobart International
Location: Hobart, Australia
Dates: January 8 - January 13, 2024
Level: WTA 250
Total Financial Commitment: $267,082

Seed Player Name Entry Ranking
1 Elise Mertens 29
2 Emma Navarro 32
3 Marie Bouzkova 34
4 Xinyu Wang 36
5 Lin Zhu 37
6 Linda Noskova 41
7 Martina Trevisan 42
8 Varvara Gracheva 43
Caroline Dolehide 44
Elisabetta Cocciaretto 46
Sloane Stephens 47
Sara Sorribes Tormo 48
Peyton Stearns 49
Anna Blinkova 50
Clara Burel 51
Arantxa Rus 52
Danielle Collins 53
Tatjana Maria 55
Mayar Sherif 59
Greet Minnen 60
Lucia Bronzetti 61

Unsurprisingly weak field..given the bigger tournaments in the same week..
But good opportunity for the youngsters like Stearns, Noskova, and the veterans who need to fight their way back ..Sloane, Collins...

Qualifying Draw

ARG N. Podoroska (1) vs AUS E. Bolton
RUS D. Shnaider vs CHN Y. Yuan (8)

KAZ Y. Putintseva (2) vs JPN N. Hibino
AUS K. Birrell vs ROU J. Cristian (11)

BEL Y. Wickmayer (3) vs TPE H. Chan
GBR J. Burrage vs COL C. Osorio (9)

POL M. Frech (4) vs GBR A. Banks
USA K. Day vs BUL V. Tomova (7)

CHN X. Wang (5) vs CHN Z. Bai
AUS A. Bozovic vs SUI V. Golubic (10)

SVK A. Schmiedlova (6) vs SLO T. Zidansek
AUS A. Parnaby vs CZE L. Fruhvirtova (12)

Main Draw - Singles

1 MERTENS, Elise BEL vs COLLINS, Danielle USA
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs Q/LL Qualifier/LL
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs RUS, Arantxa NED
STEARNS, Peyton USA vs 8 GRACHEVA, Varvara FRA

3 ZHU, Lin CHN vs BRONZETTI, Lucia ITA
SHERIF, Mayar EGY vs DOLEHIDE, Caroline USA
BLINKOVA, Anna vs WC SAVILLE, Daria AUS
MINNEN, Greet BEL vs WC 6 KENIN, Sofia USA

5 BOUZKOVA, Marie CZE vs Q/LL Qualifier/LL
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs COCCIARETTO, Elisabetta ITA
SE WANG, Xiyu CHN vs STEPHENS, Sloane USA
WC GADECKI, Olivia AUS vs 4 WANG, Xinyu CHN

9 MARIA, Tatjana GER vs Q/LL Qualifier/LL
MASAROVA, Rebeka ESP vs TREVISAN, Martina ITA
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs SORRIBES TORMO, Sara ESP
BUREL, Clara FRA vs 2 NAVARRO, Emma

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:42 am Unsurprisingly weak field..given the bigger tournaments in the same week..
But good opportunity for the youngsters like Stearns, Noskova, and the veterans who need to fight their way back ..Sloane, Collins...

It is kind of interesting. The ranking cutoff for the 500 the same week was 28.

29 and up is here for this one and I suspect will have some of the better matches. (Wouldn't be surprised some "injury retirements" in the 500)

Day 4 Order of Play

Centre Court
Starts at 8:00 PM

BEL G. MINNEN vs USA S. KENIN (6)
Followed By
CHN Y. YUAN vs USA S. STEPHENS
Followed By
USA S. CHANG/USA B. MATTEK-SANDS vs TPE H. CHAN/MEX G. OLMOS (2)
Followed By
AUS O. GADECKI vs CHN Xinyu WANG (4)
Followed By
FRA C. BUREL vs USA E. NAVARRO (2)

West Court
Starts at 7:00 PM

EGY M. SHERIF vs USA C. DOLEHIDE
Followed By
KAZ Y. PUTINTSEVA vs ITA E. COCCIARETTO
Followed By
CZE M. BOUZKOVA (5) vs SUI V. GOLUBIC
Followed By
POL M. FRECH vs ESP S. SORRIBES TORMO

Court 8
Starts at 7:00 PM

BUL V. TOMOVA vs ITA M. TREVISAN
Followed By
GER T. MARIA (9) vs ARG N. PODOROSKA
Followed By
KAZ A. DANILINA/UKR N. KICHENOK (4) vs BLR L. MAROZAVA/POL K. PITER
Followed By
USA D. KRAWCZYK/JPN E. SHIBAHARA (1) vs SVK T. MIHALIKOVA/CHN Y. XU

Day 6 Order of Play

Centre Court
Starts at 9:00 PM

BEL E. MERTENS (1) vs NED A. RUS
Followed By
BUL V. TOMOVA vs USA E. NAVARRO (2)
Followed By
CHN L. ZHU (3) vs AUS D. Saville
Followed By
KAZ Y. Putintseva vs CHN Y. YUAN
Followed By
CHN H. GUO/CHN X. JIANG vs KAZ A. DANILINA/UKR N. KICHENOK (4)

West Court
Starts at 10:00 PM

RUS I. KHROMACHEVA/CZE M. KOLODZIEJOVA vs TPE H. CHAN/MEX G. OLMOS (2)

Back to back semis for Emma Navarro, who has morphed in the last year from a nepo baby to a solid second-tier player.

Day 7 Order of Play

Centre Court
Starts at 8:00 PM

SUSPENDED
Semifinal
CHN H. GUO/CHN X. JIANG vs KAZ A. DANILINA/UKR N. KICHENOK (4)
7 2 -
5 2 -
Followed By
Semifinal
JPN E. HOZUMI/JPN M. NINOMIYA (3) vs TPE H. CHAN/MEX G. OLMOS (2)
Followed By
Semifinal
BEL E. MERTENS (1) vs AUS D. SAVILLE
Followed By
Semifinal
CHN Y. YUAN vs USA E. NAVARRO (2)

Day 8 Order of Play

Centre Court
Starts at 9:00 PM

Final
BEL
E. MERTENS (1) vs E. Navarro (2)
UPCOMING
Final
CHN H. GUO/CHN X. JIANG vs TPE H. CHAN/MEX G. OLMOS (2)

I'm going to have to stop thinking of Navarro as a nepo baby. She's standing toe to toe with Mertens in a match many thought she would romp through. She took the first set 6-1 in 35 minutes and at 3 all in the second set she's threatening to break again.

ti-amie wrote:I'm going to have to stop thinking of Navarro as a nepo baby. She's standing toe to toe with Mertens in a match many thought she would romp through. She took the first set 6-1 in 35 minutes and at 3 all in the second set she's threatening to break again.

Navarro was so impressive. Incredible movement now.


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