Mayar Sherif outclassed Maria Sakkari in the final clash in 1 hour and 36 minutes. With this win, she becomes the first Egyptian to win a WTA title.
Krejcikova was the first woman since 2000 to win both the singles and doubles championships at the French Open.
China criticised the WTA's decision to suspend all its tournaments in the country due to concerns surrounding the whereabouts of former Grand Slam doubles champion Peng Shuai.
The Czech duo pulled off an undefeated week in the doubles event in Mexico after they defeated the number three seeds Hsieh Su-Wei of Chinese Taipei and Elise Mertens of Belgium, 6-3, 6-4, in an hour and 18 minutes.
The lineup released Tuesday tacks on 20 weeks to the tour’s initial announcement covering the year’s first seven weeks, including the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open that begins main-draw play Wednesday.
ASB Classic tournament director Karl Budge announced the decision Tuesday, saying work on hosting the tennis tournaments had been well advanced but logistical and safety issues had taken precedence.
This time, Halep and Djokovic each collected a winner’s check of about $240,000, but Djokovic got slightly more than she did.
The Canadian defeated Paula Badosa 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals, she will play Patricia Maria Tig in Sunday’s decider.
The WTA said its first event would be the Palermo Ladies Open in Italy the week of Aug. 3. The ATP said its players would return to action at the Citi Open beginning Aug. 14
The tours already had been on hold at least until July 13, a decision announced April 1, the same day the All England Club said it would be cancelling Wimbledon for the first time in 75 years.
Tournaments taking place from August 1 onwards are still planning to proceed as per the published schedule. The ATP, however, said that a further update on the tour calendar "is expected in mid-June."
The 20-time Grand Slam champion began a string of posts on Twitter by saying the shutdown of tennis because of the coronavirus outbreak has given the sport an ideal opportunity to assess its future.
The ATP and WTA say they are in discussions with the International Tennis Federation and the four Grand Slam tournaments but did not provide any specifics about how much money they are pooling or how it will be distributed.
According to the WTA, the suspended events include the tournaments in Stuttgart, Istanbul and Prague.
The tour said Monday that the change amounts to letting coaches offer the sort of hand signals and simple instructions that happen currently even though they have been against the rules — but rarely penalized.
The unseeded Indo-Ukrainian pair pipped the second seed Chinese team 6-4 6-4 in one hour 21 minutes.
Elena Rybakina defeated 4th-seeded Zhang 7-6(7), 6-3 after one hour and 33 minutes of play.
An extended break meant she got to take a trip to the Caribbean — her first real vacation, she said — and that's where things got slightly out of her control.
Ash Barty won a total of four tournaments and was the only woman to reach the second week at all four major championships this season.
Barty became the first Australian to be named WTA world No. 1 since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1976, and recorded the most matches won on tour this season.
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