Upper Austria Ladies Linz, Austria - WTA International

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DATE: November 9 - 15, 2020
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $202,250
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Cori Gauff

Seeds:

1. Aryna Sabalenka
2. Elise Mertens
3. Dayana Yastremska
4. Ekaterina Alexandrova
5. Veronika Kudermetova
6. Nadia Podoroska
7. Jil Teichmann
8. Bernarda Pera

The Tournament:

The Linz Open, currently sponsored by Generali Gruppe, is a tennis tournament held in Linz, Austria. It is played on indoor hardcourts.

The inaugural event took place in 1987 in Wels, Austria and was organized by the ITF as a $10,000 tournament. Starting 1991, it has been organized in Linz as a WTA Tour event, initially on the Tier V-level. In 1993 it got promoted to Tier III-level, and since 1998 it was organized as a Tier II-tournament. Since the 2009 edition it is designated as a WTA International Tournament.

About Linz:

Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital and largest of the state of Upper Austria (German: Oberösterreich). It is in the north centre of Austria, approximately 30 kilometres (19 miles) south of the Czech border, on both sides of the River Danube. The population of the city is 204,846, and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about 789,811.

In 2009 Linz, together with the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, was chosen as the European Capital of Culture. Since 1 December 2014 Linz is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities (UCCN) network as a City of Media Arts. Cities receive this title for enriching the urban lifestyle through the sponsorship and successful integration of media art and involving society in these electronic art forms. Linz is well known for the Linzer torte, which is said to be the oldest cake in the world, with its first recipe dating from 1653.

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UK & Ireland - BT Sport
USA - Tennis Channel
Vietnam - Vietcontent

 

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The Draw:

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Big upset on day 1...
Belgium's Greet Minnen has defeated Dayana Yastremska No 3 seed 64 63.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Q/finals,

B.Krejcikova vs A.Sasnovich
N.Podoroska (6) vs E.Alexandrova (4)
V.Kudermetova (5) vs E.Mertens (2)
A.Sabalenka (1) vs O.Dodin

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Q/final results,

B.Krejcikova d A.Sasnovich 63 61
E.Alexandrova (4) d N.Podoroska (6) 62 61
E.Mertens (2) d V.Kudermetova (5) 64 61
A.Sabalenka (1) wins by retirement from O.Dodin 63 3 all retired 2nd set.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

S/finals,

E.Alexandrova (4) vs E.Mertens (2)

A.Sabalenka (1) vs B.Krejcikova.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

S/final results,

E.Mertens (2) d E.Alexandrova (4) 26 61 75

A.Sabalenka (1) d B.Krejcikova 75 46 63.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Centre Court not before 12.30pm

Ladies Doubles Final,

(1) L.Hradecka/K.Siniakova vs (4) A.RusT.Zidansek.

Not before 3.00pm
The final singles match of the WTA season 2020 will be between Top seeds Aryna Sabalenka (1) vs (2) Elise Mertens (doubles partners as well
Sabalenka leads H2H 3-2.

(The WTA were considering having the year end finals in another destination than Wuhan which was cancelled due to COVID-19,the powers that be eventually decided to cancel the finals this year).

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Congratulations to Aryna Sabalenka winning the Ladies Singles final defeating Elise Mertens 75 62.This is Aryna's 3rd title of the year she ties with Simona Halep for most titles this season.

The Ladies Doubles champions A/Rus/T.Zidansek (4) defeated the No 1 seeds L.Hradecka/K.Siniakova 63 64.