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[ad_1] In a blow to the city's tennis lovers, France's Caroline Garcia, who was expected to be the top seed, and Belgium's Elise Mertens have withdrawn from the WTA Chennai Open, the organisers announced on Friday. Indian No.2 Karman Kaur Thandi received the third wild card and would join the country's top player Ankita Raina and former US Open finalist Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) in the singles main draw.With the main draw set to get underway at the SDAT Tennis Stadium on Monday, Garcia, ranked No 17 in the world prior to the US Open, had to pull out of the event due to scheduling challenges, a release from the organisers said.The Frenchwoman reached the semi-finals of the US Open before going down to Tunisian Ons Jabeur in straight sets on Thursday.Garcia's decision to withdraw would mea...

[ad_1] Tunisia's Ons Jabeur became the first African woman in history to reach the semi-finals of the US Open on Tuesday as France's Caroline Garcia ended the hopes of American teenager Coco Gauff to advance to the last four. Jabeur, who also claimed a notable first in July as the first woman from Africa to reach the final at Wimbledon, scored a 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) win over Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic. The 28-year-old will now face Garcia in the semi-finals after the in-form 17th seed dispatched the 18-year-old Gauff 6-3, 6-4 in Tuesday's other quarter-final.Tomljanovic had landed in the quarter-finals after a run which included a third round victory over Serena Williams, in what was most likely the 23-time Grand Slam champion's final singles match before retirement.But the Croatia-born Auss...

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