By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Dwelling hero Katherine Hui will play San Diego Open qualifying.
San Diego native Hui, the reigning US Open women’ champion, has been awarded a wild card into the qualifying match of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open.
The 2024 Cymbiotika San Diego is scheduled for Saturday, February twenty fourth–Sunday, March third at Barnes Tennis Middle, 4490 W. Level Loma Blvd, San Diego, CA 92107.
The WTA 500-level match, which is able to provide $922,573 in prize cash, is scheduled to be performed Saturday, February 24 via Sunday, March 3 at Barnes Tennis Middle, 4490 W. Level Loma Blvd, San Diego, CA 92107.
The 19-year-old Hui, who grew up in San Diego’s Santaluz neighborhood, is at present a freshman at Stanford College. She helped lead the Cardinal girls’s tennis workforce to No. 2 within the nation within the Intercollegiate Tennis Affiliation rankings.
Hui, a graduate of Santa Fe Christian Excessive College in Solana Seashore, Calif., capped a superb junior tennis profession in 2023 by reaching the singles closing of the USTA Billie Jean King Women’ 18s Nationwide Championships final August at Barnes Tennis Middle.
In her closing junior match, Hui traveled to New York the place she overcame a tricky area to seize the 2023 US Open women’ singles title with out the lack of a set. Within the closing, she defeated Tereza Valentova of Czech Republic 6-4, 6-4.
This may mark Hui’s second look within the Cymbiotika San Diego Open. She teamed with fellow San Diegan Alyssa Ahn to play doubles within the match’s inaugural yr in 2022. They fell to tour veterans Storm Hunter of Australia and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani 6-0, 6-4 within the first spherical.
“I’m very excited to have the chance to compete for a spot in the principle draw of my hometown WTA 500 occasion. It is going to be nice to play in entrance of household and associates at Barnes Tennis Middle. I’ve performed tournaments there since I used to be seven years previous and I’ve so many good reminiscences,” Hui mentioned. “I wish to thank Event Director Ryan Redondo and the Cymbiotika San Diego Open for the qualifying wild card.”
The Cymbiotika San Diego Open, that includes the highest girls tennis professionals on this planet, gives $922,573 in prize cash and can have a 28-player singles draw and a 16-team doubles draw.
Qualifying rounds are scheduled for Saturday, February 24 and Sunday, February 25 with major draw matches beginning Monday, February 26 and concluding with the singles and doubles finals on Sunday, March 3.
The beginning instances for every day of the 2024 Cymbiotika San Diego Open might be as follows:
Day 1 Qualifying – Saturday, February 24 – 10 a.m.
Day 2 Qualifying – Sunday, February 25 – 11 a.m.
Most important Draw Classes
Monday, February 26, Tuesday, February 27 and Wednesday, February 28 – 1 p.m.
Thursday, February 29 – 11:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
Friday, March 1 (Quarterfinals) – 11:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 2 (Semifinals) – 1 p.m.
Doubles Championship – Sunday, March 3 – 1:30 p.m.
Singles Championship – Sunday, March 3 – 4 p.m.
(All instances are PST)
Tickets for the 2024 Cymbiotika San Diego Open are at present on sale. Ticket data is obtainable on the official match web site at wtasdopen.com.
Picture credit score: Cymbiotika San Diego Open