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For Upper Austria’s Barbara Haas, the WTA tennis tournament in Hua Hin, Thailand, ended in the round of 16 on Thursday. The 23-year-old lost to Wang Xiyu 3: 6.4: 6 in 97 minutes. The Chinese woman had previously turned off Petra Martic (CRO-2). Haas lagged early in both sets with breaks, making the rebreak in run two. Then Wang struck again.
At the men’s challenger in Cleveland, Jurij Rodinov’s victory run was stopped on Wednesday (local time). The winner of the highly endowed Dallas Challengers, now coached by the Argentinian Javier Frana on the tour, was defeated by the American J.J. Wolf 6: 4,3: 6,5: 7. Three weeks before the Davis Cup in Graz-Premstätten, Sebastian Ofner also lost in Ohio, in fact his opening match against the American Ryan Harrison 3: 6.7: 6 (2), 3: 6.
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