Bartunkova and Andreeva became the first semi-finalists of the tennis tournament in Beijing in the women’s singles
Today, on October 8, the first semi-finalists were determined at the tournament from the WTA 1000 category with a prize pool of $ 9,415,725 in Beijing. They became Nikola Bartunkov from...
Today, on October 8, the first semi-finalists were determined at the tournament from the WTA 1000 category with a prize pool of $ 9,415,725 in Beijing. They were Nikola Bartunkova from the Czech Republic (WTA: 34) and Russian Mirra Andreeva (WTA: 5), reports sb.by.
Few people believed in Bartunkova in the game against her much more rated compatriot Karolina Mukhova (WTA: 8). However, the 34th racket of the planet presented another sensation, giving the opponent for the entire match only three games - 6: 3, 6: 0.
In today’s second quarterfinal, success was accompanied by Mirra Andreeva, who defeated another Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (WTA: 28) – 7:6 (7:4), 7:6 (7:3). Note that Andreeva for the first time was able to win over Alexandrova in matches at competitions under the auspices of the Women's Tennis Association. Two previous face-to-face fights ended not in favor of Mirra.
Tomorrow, October 9, the quarterfinals in the second half of the grid will take place: Chinese Zheng Qinwen (WTA: 54) will compete with Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (WTA: 7), and Belgian Eliza Mertens (WTA: 19) will fight Polish Iga Sventek (WTA: 9).
Arina Sobolenko (WTA: 2) after defeating Mexican Renata Sarasua (WTA: 94) (6:1, 6:3) lost to Nikola Bartunkova of the Czech Republic (WTA: 34) in a duel of 1/16 finals (4:6, 3:6). And Alexandra Sasnovich (WTA: 121), who started promotion on the tournament grid from qualification, reached 1/32 finals. The second racket of our country left out Chinese Junghan Zhang (WTA: 583) (6:2, 6:0), American Varvara Lepchenko (WTA: 189) (6:4, 6:1) and Australian Talia Gibson (WTA: 37) (6:1, 6:4), but could not cope with Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (WTA: 28) (1:6, 4:6).
China Open matches are played on hard courts. The competition ends on October 11. Last year, the winner of this tournament was American Amanda Anisimova, who in the final broke the resistance of Linda Noskova from the Czech Republic - 6: 0, 2: 6, 6: 2.
