​Jacqueline Christian missed qualifying for the main draw of the “WTA 500” tournament in Linz, outclassing our Danish athlete Klara Toson (91st place in the world ranking).

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Jacqueline Christian won only two games against Clara Toson

The fifth favorite in the qualification of the Austrian tournament Christian (89 WTA) was defeated after only 57 minutes of play with the score 6-2, 6-0.

For participating in this phase of the tournament, Jacqueline will receive 5,739 euros and 13 points in the WTA singles ranking.

The main favorites of the competition in Linz: Yelena Ostapenko (1), Kateryna Alexandrova (2), Donna Vekich (3), Elise Mertens (4), Anastasia Potapova (5), Jasmin Paolini (6), Varvara Grachova (7), Petra Martych (8).

The Upper Austria Ladies Linz is part of the WTA 500 category and runs from January 29 to February 4 on hard, offering a total prize pool of $922,573. Titled champion (since 2023) – Anastasia Potapova.

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