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WTA BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games Results

Thursday
At Antwerpse Sportpaleis
Antwerp, Belgium
Purse: $827,000 (Premier)
Surface: Hard-Indoor
Singles
Second Round

Dominika Cibulkova (6), Slovakia, def. Indy de Vroome, Netherlands, 6-3- 3-6, 6-2.

Karolina Pliskova (8), Czech Republic, def. Annika Beck, Germany, 6-3, 6-3.

Lucie Safarova (4), Czech Republic, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-4, 6-1.

Carla Suarez Navarro (5), Spain, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2.

Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Angelique Kerber (2), Germany, 6-1, 6-1.

Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Alize Cornet (7), France, 6-4, 6-2.

Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Eugenie Bouchard (1), Canada, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles
Quarterfinals

Anabel Medina Garrigues and Aranta Parra Santonja (1), Spain, def. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, and Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2.

An-Sophie Mestach and Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, def. Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, and Monica Niculescu (2), Romania, walkover.

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