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Tournament: Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Location: Linz, Austria
Dates: January 29 - February 4, 2024
Level: WTA 500
Total Financial Commitment: $922,573
Surface: Hard (Indoor)

Linz, Austria WTA 500
Date: 1/29/2024 Original Cut Off: 56 Ranking Date: 1/1/2024
Draw Size: 28 Direct Acceptances: 17 Wild Cards: 4? Qualifiers: 6? Special Exempts: 1?

Main Draw Singles
7 Vondrousova, Marketa (CZE)
21 Alexandrova, Ekaterina (RUS)
24 Vekic, Donna (CRO)
25 Svitolina, Elina (UKR)
27 Kalinina, Anhelina (UKR)
28 Potapova, Anastasia (RUS)
29 Paolini, Jasmine (ITA)
30 Mertens, Elise (BEL)
41 Martic, Petra (CRO)
42 Gracheva, Varvara (RUS)
46 Trevisan, Martina (ITA)
47 Cocciaretto, Elisabetta (ITA)
48 Blinkova, Anna (RUS)
50 Siniakova, Katerina (CZE)
52 Bronzetti, Lucia (ITA)
55 Giorgi, Camila (ITA)
56 Burel, Clara (FRA)

Qualifying Draw

BEL G. Minnen (1) vs GER A. Friedsam
COL E. Arango vs GBR J. Burrage (9)

POL M. Frech (2) vs GER E. Seidel
HUN A. Bondar vs ITA S. Errani (8)

GER T. Korpatsch (3) vs SRB O. Danilovic
AUT A. Koller vs RUS E. Andreeva (12)

USA A. Parks (4) vs ITA L. Stefanini
SUI J. Teichmann vs ESP M. Bassols Ribera (10)

ROU J. Cristian (5) vs USA C. McNally
AUT T. Kostic vs DEN C. Tauson (7)

ESP R. Masarova (6) vs ESP N. Parrizas Diaz
GER J. Niemeier vs GBR H. Dart (11)

Main Draw Singles

WC 1 OSTAPENKO, Jelena LAT/Bye
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs GIORGI, Camila ITA
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs PODOROSKA, Nadia ARG
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs 7 GRACHEVA, Varvara FRA

4 MERTENS, Elise BEL/Bye
WC KERBER, Angelique GER vs BRONZETTI, Lucia ITA
TREVISAN, Martina ITA vs PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia
BOULTER, Katie GBR vs 6 PAOLINI, Jasmine ITA

8 MARTIC, Petra CRO vs SINIAKOVA, Katerina CZE
BUREL, Clara FRA vs WC KRAUS, Sinja AUT
WC YASTREMSKA, Dayana UKR vs Q/LL Qualifier/LL
Bye/3 VEKIC, Donna CRO

5 POTAPOVA, Anastasia vs Q/LL Qualifier/LL
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs COCCIARETTO, Elisabetta ITA
BLINKOVA, Anna vs Q/LL Qualifier/LL
Bye/2 ALEXANDROVA, Ekaterina

This was today's OoP.

https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draw ... 528/OP.pdf

Alexandrova looks the pick of the field here.. worth seeing if she is back after a relatively poor AO.. she did beat Rybakina at Adelaide so she cant be playing tooo poorly..?

Tuesday Order of Play

https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draw ... 528/OP.pdf

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:54 am Alexandrova looks the pick of the field here.. worth seeing if she is back after a relatively poor AO.. she did beat Rybakina at Adelaide so she cant be playing tooo poorly..?

It wasn't a bad loss in Australia, either. Third-set TB vs Siegemund, who was coming off the United Cup high, playing well and full of confidence.

I watched the entire Kerber vs Bronzetti match. Bronzetti zoomed through the first set taking it 6-1 in 28m. The second set was a bit closer. Bronzetti won it 6-3.

Kerber seemed to be having trouble controlling her shots. They sailed long more often than landing in court.

Day 5 Order of Play

https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draw ... 528/OP.pdf

Day 6 Order of Play

https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draw ... 528/OP.pdf

ti-amie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:08 pm I watched the entire Kerber vs Bronzetti match. Bronzetti zoomed through the first set taking it 6-1 in 28m. The second set was a bit closer. Bronzetti won it 6-3.

Kerber seemed to be having trouble controlling her shots. They sailed long more often than landing in court.

When you have such flat strokes...

Day 7 Order of Play

https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draw ... 528/OP.pdf

Day 8 Order of Play

Center Court
Starts at 7:00 AM

Semifinal
CRO D. VEKIC (3) vs RUS E. ALEXANDROVA (2)
UPCOMING
Semifinal
LAT J. OSTAPENKO (1) vs RUS A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA
UPCOMING
Semifinal
USA N. MELICHAR-MARTINEZ/AUS E. PEREZ (1) vs ITA E. COCCIARETTO/ITA M. TREVISAN

Great lineup...the best 4 players have reached the semis, as they should...