WTA 250 Merida 2/20 - 2/26 2023

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Tournament: Merida Open Akron
Location: Merida, Mexico
Dates: February 20 - February 26, 2023
Tier: WTA 250
Total Financial Commitment: $259,303
Surface: Hard

Entries
Seed Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Magda Linette 21 45
2 Sloane Stephens 40 36
3 Lin Zhu 41 87
4 Katerina Siniakova 47 46
5 Alycia Parks 51 78
6 Mayar Sherif 53 54
7 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 54 48
8 Alison Riske-Amritraj 58 49
Camila Osorio 61 84
Xiyu Wang 62 53
Lucia Bronzetti 65 52
Xinyu Wang 67 79
Camila Giorgi 68 70
Jule Niemeier 69 69
Tatjana Maria 72 71
Anna Bondar 77 81
Nuria Parrizas Diaz 80 75
Dalma Galfi 85 88
Viktorija Golubic 88 83
Panna Udvardy 93 89
Nadia Podoroska 113 39 (SR)
(WC)
(WC)
(WC) Top 20
(WC) Top 20
(SE)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)

Alternates
Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Ysaline Bonaventure 96 90
2 Caty Mcnally 94 94
3 Kateryna Baindl 87 95
4 Varvara Gracheva 84 97
5 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 91 105
6 Diana Shnaider 92 106
7 Diane Parry 111 107
8 Leolia Jeanjean 108 109
9 Laura Pigossi 103 112
10 Katie Volynets 97 113
11 Arantxa Rus 115 115
12 Yue Yuan 120 117
13 Marina Bassols Ribera 125 122
14 Ana Konjuh 145 124
15 Rebecca Peterson 140 125
16 Jodie Burrage 131 127
17 Simona Waltert 122 128
18 Elizabeth Mandlik 150 129
19 Elena-Gabriela Ruse 143 131
20 Lesia Tsurenko 101

Withdrawals
Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

Donna Vekic 32 64

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Qualifying Draw

V. Gracheva (1) vs E. Arango (WC)
E. Mandlik vs K. Birrell (12)

A. Schmiedlova (2) vs A. Bolsova
A. Konjuh vs M. Bassols Ribera (7)

L. Tsurenko (3) vs C. Dolehide (WC)
M. Carle vs L. Stefanini (8)

L. Pigossi (4) vs M. Navarro Oliva (WC)
N. Hibino vs E. Navarro (10)

L. Jeanjean (5) v D. Papamichail
L. Fernandez Olivares (WC) v E. Andreeva (9)

D. Parry (6) vs R. Peterson
K. Scott vs C. Vandeweghe (11)

[ashkor87]

Lively place, Merida... Was there some 40 years ago..saw a Coke bottle offering in a church! And The great lost city of course..

[Suliso]

I liked Merida too. Was there 3 years ago...

[Sinner Fan]

This event looks up for grabs.

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Main Draw Singles

POL M. Linette (1) vs COL C. Osorio
GER J. Niemeier vs HUN P. Udvardy
ARG N. Podoroska vs Qualifier
MEX F. Contreras Gomez vs USA A. Parks (5)

CHN L. Zhu (3) vs USA C. McNally
USA K. Volynets vs ITA L. Bronzetti
Qualifier vs HUN A. Bondar
CHN X. Wang vs USA A. Riske-Amritraj (8)

ITA E. Cocciaretto (7) vs SUI V. Golubic
Qualifier vs CHN X. Wang
SUI S. Waltert vs BEL Y. Bonaventure
Qualifier vs CZE K. Siniakova (4)

EGY M. Sherif (6) vs ITA C. Giorgi
ESP N. Parrizas Diaz vs Qualifier
GER T. Maria vs UKR K. Baindl
Qualifier vs USA S. Stephens (2)

Note:

Round of 32 Prize $2,804
Round of 16 Prize $3,922
Quarterfinals Prize $6,418
Semifinals Prize $11,275
Final Prize $20,226

[ti-amie]

Sloane likes playing in Mexico. She could do well here.

[Sinner Fan]

I will stick with the Italian ladies in top half Bronzetti in bottom half Cocciaretto.

[ponchi101]

Riske/Siniakova

[ashkor87]

I liked Merida too. Was there 3 years ago...

Most tourists muss it, go to the beaches - which are great but cities like Merida and Palenque have a charm of their own ..

[Sinner Fan]

Three Italian ladies on court today in Merida. Too bad the matches come on so late for me.I can't really watch.

[meganfernandez]

I liked Merida too. Was there 3 years ago...

It's high on my list. I love those Spanish colonial cities. Did you go to Izamal, the all-yellow city?

[Suliso]

I liked Merida too. Was there 3 years ago...

It's high on my list. I love those Spanish colonial cities. Did you go to Izamal, the all-yellow city?

No, but we did go to Valladolid. It's worth stopping there too.

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Day 3 Order of Play

Estadio Akron
Starts at 03:00 PM

CHN L. ZHU (3) vs USA C. MCNALLY
FOLLOWED BY
USA K. VOLYNETS vs ITA L. BRONZETTI
NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM
EGY M. SHERIF (6) vs ITA C. GIORGI
FOLLOWED BY
ITA E. COCCIARETTO (7) vs SUI V. GOLUBIC

Cancha 1
Starts at 01:00 PM

SUI S. WALTERT vs BEL Y. BONAVENTURE
FOLLOWED BY
ESP N. PARRIZAS DIAZ vs CRO A. KONJUH
FOLLOWED BY
CHN X. WANG vs USA A. RISKE-AMRITRAJ (8)
FOLLOWED BY
AUS K. BIRRELL vs HUN A. BONDAR
FOLLOWED BY
VEN A. GAMIZ/BRA I. GAMARRA MARTINS vs USA K. CHRISTIAN/USA S. SANTAMARIA (2)

Cancha 2
Starts at 01:00 PM

CHN X. WANG/TPE F. WU vs USA A. PARKS/USA S. STEPHENS
FOLLOWED BY
FRA E. CASCINO/CZE J. MALECKOVA vs CZE A. DETIUC/JPN E. HOZUMI (3)