Top seed Karolina Muchova defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo for the first time in the Upper Austria Ladies Linz second round, but Elina Svitolina was upset by Anna Blinkova.
Qualifier Petra Martic notched her first Top 50 win in 11 months after defeating No. 7 seed Elina Avanesyan in the Upper Austria Ladies Linz second round, holding off a late comeback from 4-1 down in the decider from Avanesyan.
Anna Blinkova notched her 15th career Top 30 win with a straight-sets upset of No. 2 seed Elina Svitolina in the Upper Austria Ladies Linz second round. The result was Blinkova's first win over Svitolina in three meetings.
No. 3 seed Maria Sakkari cruised into the Upper Austria Ladies Linz quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Viktoriya Tomova on Wednesday. It is Sakkari's first quarterfinal showing since her run to the Charleston semifinals last April.
No.2 seed Elise Mertens came from a set and a break down to defeat Tatjana Maria in a Singapore Tennis Open second-round clash full of all-court brilliance.
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Kimberly Birrell reached her second quarterfinal of 2025 after coming from 5-2 down in the third set to defeat Hailey Baptiste in the Singapore Tennis Open second round.
In a battle between Top 50 players, No. 6 seed Anastasia Potapova defeated Rebecca Sramkova 7-6(1), 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the Upper Austria Ladies Linz quarterfinals. Potapova has a 9-1 career win-loss record at Linz: she won the 2023 title and also made the quarterfinals last year.
No.8 seed and Auckland champion Clara Tauson improved to 9-1 in 2025 with a straight-sets defeat of Sorana Cirstea in the Upper Austria Ladies Linz second round.
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No.1 seed Anna Kalinskaya defeated Simona Waltert in the Singapore Tennis Open second round, holding off a second-set comeback from 3-1 down by the Swiss qualifier.
No.7 seed Elina Avanesyan defeated Katerina Siniakova in straight sets to reach the Upper Austria Ladies Linz second round.