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You hope for more from a WTA 500. But they’re not all created equal.
And the week before a major is an extra added challenge.
And so the Strasbourg semis have Elena Rybakina, No. 9 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia, Danielle Collins and No. 8 seed Liudmila Samsonova.
Not terrible. But it’s hard to know how good the matches are going to be with both Haddad Maia and Samsonova inconsistent, to say the least.
In Rabat, only No. 2 seed Camila Osorio survived to make the final four.
(Strasbourg is six hours ahead of EDT; Rabat is five hours ahead).
Internationaux de Strasbourg
Location: Strasbourg, France
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: May 18 – 24, 2025
Prize Money: $1,064,510
Draws: S28 – D16
Court Patrice Dominguez (Noon start – 6 a.m. EDT)
1. [4] Wang Xinyu (CHN) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) vs. Guo Hanyu (CHN) / Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA)
2. [4] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def [9] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) (not before 2:30 p.m.)
3. [8] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) vs Danielle Collins (USA) (not before 4:30 p.m.)
Grand Prix Sar La Princese Lalla Meryem
Location: Rabat, Morocco
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: May 18 – 24, 2025
Prize Money: $275.094
Draws: S32 – D16
Court Central (1 p.m. start – 8 a.m. EDT)
1. Maya Joint (AUS) vs Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)
2. [2] Camila Osorio (COL) vs Jaqueline Cristian (ROU)
3. Maya Joint (AUS) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) vs Angelica Moratelli / Camila Rosatello (ITA) (after suitable rest) (Doubles final)
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