Faley reached the quarterfinals of the tennis tournament in China

Alena Faley (WTA: 220) made it to the quarterfinals of the tournament from the WTA 125 category with a prize pool of $115,000 in Suzhou, China. In the match of the 1/8 finals, the Belarusian beat Ukrainian Alexandra Oleynikova (WTA: 47) - 7:6, 4:0 (refusal), reports sb.by.

At the start of the competition, the fourth racket of our country, we recall, broke the resistance of the Chinese Hanyu Guo (WTA: 240) – 7:6 (7:4), 4:6, 7:5. And today, on October 8, Alena Faley was also pleased with the positive result.

Belarus unsuccessfully began the meeting, which was reflected on the scoreboard - 0: 3. However, she brought the clarification of the relationship to a tiebreak, which won - 8-6. And in the second game at the score of 4:0 on games in favor of the representative of our tennis school Oleynikova refused to continue the fight.

In the next round, Alena Faley will face Rebecca Shramkova of Slovakia (WTA: 152).

Aleksandra Sasnovich (WTA: 121) still holds the title. The second racket of our country left out Chinese Xinxin Yao (WTA: 271) (7:5, 6:1) and Linda Frukhvirtova of the Czech Republic (WTA: 181) (6:0, 6:2) and is now preparing for the quarterfinals against American Elvina Kalieva (WTA: 117).

Meanwhile, Daria Khomutyanskaya (WTA: 291) completed her performance at the 1/8 finals. This Belarusian athlete, who started promotion on the tournament grid with qualification, won three victories in a row, but in the fight for reaching the quarterfinals could not cope with Ukrainian Katarina Zavatskaya (WTA: 266) - 4:6, 4:6.

The Suzhou Open, which is played on hardcore courts, will end on October 11. Last year, the winner of these competitions was Swiss Victoria Golubic, who defeated American Katie Volynets in the final with a score of 4:6, 6:4, 6:4.