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Tournament: Lexus Nottingham Open
Location: Nottingham, England
Level: WTA 250
Dates: June 16 - June 22, 2025
Total Financial Commitment: $275,094
Surface: Grass

Number Player Ranking

1 Petra Kvitova (CZE) 14 (SR)
2 Clara Tauson (DEN) 22
3 Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 23
4 Elise Mertens (BEL) 24
5 Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 27
6 Linda Noskova (CZE) 29
7 Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 32
8 Magda Linette (POL) 33
9 Olga Danilovic (SRB) 34
10 Katie Boulter (GBR) 35
11 Elina Avanesyan (ARM) 40
12 Rebecca Sramkvoa (SVK) 41
13 Mccartney Kessler (USA) 44
14 Lulu Sun (NZL) 45
15 Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 48
16 Lin Zhu (CHN) 50 (SR)
17 Anastasia Pavluchenkova 51
18 Alycia Parks (USA) 52
19 Sonay Kartal (GBR) 53
20 Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 54
21 Polina Kudermetova
WC Harriet Dart
WC Fran Jones
WC Mimi Xu
WC Hannah Klugman

Qualifying Draw

(1)Jaqueline Cristian vs Olivia Gadecki
Antonia Ruzic vs (8)Bernarda Pera

(2)Maya Joint vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Cristina Bucsa vs (7)Emiliana Arango

(3)Hailey Baptiste vs Laura Siegemund
Alizé Cornet vs (10)Yue Yuan

(4)Yuliia Starodubtseva vs Diane Parry
(WC)Amarni Banks vs (9)Kamilla Rakhimova

(5)Suzan Lamens vs (WC)Mika Stojsavljevic
(WC)Heather Watson vs (12)Leolia Jeanjean

(6)Alexandra Eala vs Varvara Gracheva
(WC)Jodie Burrage vs (11)Anca Todoni

Main Draw Singles

(1)Beatriz Haddad Maia vs McCartney Kessler
Lin Zhu vs (Q)Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Sonay Kartal vs (Q)Leolia Jeanjean
Lulu Sun vs (8)Katie Boulter

(4)Yulia Putintseva vs (WC)Hannah Klugman
(Q)Laura Siegemund vs Rebecca Sramkova
(WC)Francesca Jones vs (WC)Harriet Dart
(LL)Anca Todoni vs (7)Linda Noskova

(5)Leylah Fernandez vs Suzan Lamens
Petra Kvitova vs (SE)Tatjana Maria
(Q)Antonia Ruzic vs Lucia Bronzetti
Dayana Yastremska vs (9)Olga Danilovic

(6)Magda Linette vs (Q)Alexandra Eala
(WC)Mingge Xu vs Katie Volynets
Anna Blinkova vs (Q)Kamilla Rakhimova
Kimberly Birrell vs (2)Clara Tauson

Monday Order of Play

CENTRE COURT
Starts at 6:30 AM

KAZ Y. Putintseva (4) vs GBR H. Klugman
Upcoming
AUS K. Birrell vs DEN C. Tauson (2)

COURT 1
Starts at 6:00 AM

CAN L. Fernandez (5) vs NED S. Lamens
Upcoming
ROU A. Todoni vs CZE L. Noskova (7)
Upcoming
CRO A. Ruzic vs ITA L. Bronzetti
Upcoming
CHN L. Zhu vs BLR A. Sasnovich
Upcoming
JPN Aoyama/POL Piter vs ITA Moratelli/USA Santamaria

COURT 2
Starts at 6:00 AM

UKR D. Yastremska vs SRB O. Danilovic (9)
Upcoming
GBR Burrage/GBR Kartal vs BRA Haddad Maia/GER Siegemund (3)
Upcoming
RUS A. Blinkova vs RUS K. Rakhimova

Tuesday Order of Play

CENTRE COURT
Starts at 6:30 AM

GBR S. Kartal vs FRA L. Jeanjean
Upcoming
NZL L. Sun vs GBR K. Boulter (8)
Upcoming
BRA B. Haddad Maia (1) vs USA M. Kessler

COURT 1
Starts at 6:00 AM

GBR F. Jones vs GBR H. Dart
Upcoming
GBR M. Xu vs USA K. Volynets

COURT 2
Starts at 6:00 AM

POL M. Linette (6) vs PHI A. Eala
Upcoming
GER L. Siegemund vs SVK R. Sramkova
Upcoming
UKR Y. Starodubtseva vs ESP C. Bucsa
Upcoming
CZE Detiuc/NED Schoofs vs SRB Danilovic/POL Linette
Upcoming
GBR Klugman/GBR Stojsavljevic vs RUS Khromacheva/HUN Stollar (2)

Upcoming
UKR Y. Starodubtseva vs ESP C. Bucsa

Both Petra Kvitova and Tatjana Maria withdrew from the tournament.

I understand Maria withdrawing.
Petra is not match fit at this time.

More reason for Petra to have played.
I firmly believe that you can only get match fit by playing matches. No amount of off court training will do the same.

Haddad Maia, the Queen of the three-setter, struck again today, and lost again as well, this time to McCartney Kessler, who fell in a heartbreaker last week to Zheng.

When H-M first came on the scene as a factor, I remember reading a story on her in which she talked about her propensity for complicating every match, and she's still doing it three years later. Nine of her last 11 matches have gone three sets, and she has dropped four of the past five. No lead is safe for her until she wins the final point.

Wednesday Order of Play

CENTRE COURT
Starts at 6:30 AM

GBR F. Jones vs CZE L. Noskova (7)
Upcoming
CAN L. Fernandez (5) vs ESP C. Bucsa

COURT 1
Starts at 6:00 AM

CRO A. Ruzic vs UKR D. Yastremska
Upcoming
KAZ Y. Putintseva (4) vs SVK R. Sramkova

COURT 2
Starts at 7:00 AM

JPN Hozumi/INA Sutjiadi vs NOR Eikeri/JPN Ninomiya
Upcoming
KAZ Danilina/JPN Shibahara (4) vs NED Haverlag/GBR Lumsden
Upcoming
USA Kessler/DEN Tauson vs GEO Kalashnikova/RUS Pridankina

Thursday Order of Play

CENTRE COURT
Starts at 6:30 AM

POL M. Linette (6) vs GBR M. Xu
Upcoming
GBR S. Kartal vs GBR K. Boulter (8)
Upcoming
RUS A. Blinkova vs DEN C. Tauson (2)

COURT 2
Starts at 6:00 AM

USA M. Kessler vs CHN L. Zhu
Upcoming
ITA Moratelli/USA Santamaria vs BRA Haddad Maia/GER Siegemund (3)
Upcoming
TPE Hsieh/CHN Zhang (1) vs ESP Bucsa/JPN Kato
Upcoming
GEO Kalashnikova/RUS Pridankina vs RUS Khromacheva/HUN Stollar (2)

Friday Order of Play

CENTRE COURT
Starts at 6:00 AM

CAN L. Fernandez (5) vs UKR D. Yastremska
Upcoming
POL M. Linette (6) vs DEN C. Tauson (2)
Upcoming
USA M. Kessler vs GBR K. Boulter (8)
Upcoming
SVK R. Sramkova vs CZE L. Noskova (7)

COURT 2
Starts at 6:00 AM

KAZ Danilina/JPN Shibahara (4) vs CZE Detiuc/NED Schoofs
Upcoming
TPE Hsieh/CHN Zhang (1) vs JPN Hozumi /INA Sutjiadi

Saturday Order of Play

CENTRE COURT
Starts at 6:00 AM

Semifinals
UKR D. Yastremska vs POL M. Linette (6)
Upcoming
Semifinals
USA M. Kessler vs SVK R. Sramkova

COURT 1
Starts at 6:00 AM

Semifinals
TPE Hsieh/CHN Zhang (1) vs KAZ Danilina/JPN Shibahara (4)
Upcoming
Semifinals
BRA Haddad Maia/GER Siegemund (3) vs RUS Khromacheva/HUN Stollar (2)

"I really love playing on grass, even though I think I have a bit of an allergy to it..."

Dayana Yastremska after reaching the final

Sunday Order of Play

CENTRE COURT
Starts at 7:00 AM

Final
USA M. Kessler vs UKR D. Yastremska
Upcoming
Final
KAZ Danilina/JPN Shibahara (4) vs BRA Haddad Maia/GER Siegemund (3)

I had Kessler in my TSiP team. She netted me no points.
Move to grass, and I did not pick her for my team.
Serves me well. She is just not that comfy on clay. On anything else, she can move.