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LINZ ENTRY LIST. Halep joins Raducanu in Linz after accepting a wild card

Simona Halep and Emma Raducanu may clash in the Cluj-Napoca semi-final. They may face each other once again the following week in Linz

Mark Hall

26 October 2021

It seems that the Romanian fans will have the opportunity to see their champions, Simona Halep and Emma Raducanu, play another tournament together.

Simona and Emma are about to play in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), and Halep has just accepted a wildcard to play in Linz, where Raducanu was originally leading the pack in the entry list.

Entry List

The 2020 champion is Aryna Sabalenka, who defeated Elise Mertens last year in the final. The Belarusian champion decided not to defend her title. Here is the entry list.

#	Name	Nation	Rank
1	EMMA RADUCANU	GB	22
2	DANIELLE COLLINS	USA	25
3	VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA	RUS	31
4	EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA	RUS	34
5	SORANA CIRSTEA	ROU	40
6	PETRA MARTIC	CRO	45
7	VIKTORIJA GOLUBIC	SUI	46
8	AJLA TOMLJANOVIC	AUS	47
9	SHUAI ZHANG	CHN	48
10	ALISON RISKE	USA	51
11	ALISON VAN UYTVANCK	BEL	55
12	MARTA KOSTYUK	UKR	58
13	CAROLINE GARCIA	FRA	59
14	KAIA KANEPI	EST	60
15	IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU	ROU	61
16	ANHELINA KALININA	UKR	62
17	JASMINE PAOLINI	ITA	63
18	ALIZÉ CORNET	FRA	64
19	MARTINA TREVISAN	ITA	66
20	ANN LI	USA	69
21	MARIA CAMILA OSORIO SERRANO	COL	71
22	JULIA GRABHER	AUT	195
23	WC
24	WC
25	QUALIFIER
26	QUALIFIER
27	QUALIFIER
28	QUALIFIER

Simona Halep in 2021

Now ranked no.18, the Romanian played her last match on the 22^nd of October when she lost to world no.7 Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Moscow (draw).

This season the Romanian owns a compiled 18-9 match record. Simona Halep’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Stuttgart.

Moscow

Halep's Record

Emma Raducanu in 2021

Now the world no.23, the Brit played her last match on the 8^th of October when she was overcome by world no.86 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Indian Wells (draw).

At the moment, during this season the Brit has achieved an overall 23-7 record. The Brit conquered 1 title at the U.S. Open. The Brit was the runner-up in the Chicago.