Mertens won against Sventek and became the last semifinalist of the tennis tournament in Beijing

Eliza Mertens (WTA: 19) became the last semi-finalist of the WTA 1000 tournament with a prize pool of $ 9,415,725 in Beijing. In the quarterfinals, the Belgian defeated Polish Iga Svöntek (WTA: 9) - 7:6 (7:0), 6:3, sb.by reports.

Before the start of the competition, Mertens was not among the main favorites. However, she made a real breakthrough. Today, October 9, the Belgian won the fourth consecutive victory.

In the first set, no one was ever able to distinguish themselves at the reception - and the clarification of relations reached the tiebreak, which the athlete from Belgium won "by zero." And the outcome of the second game predetermined a single break.

For a ticket to the final Eliza Mertens will compete with Chinese Zheng Qinwen (WTA: 54), which in the quarterfinals was stronger than Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (WTA: 7) – 6:3, 7:6 (8:6).

The first semifinal pair on the eve were Mirra Andreeva (WTA: 5) and Nikola Bartunkova (WTA: 34). At the quarterfinal stage, the Russian defeated her compatriot Ekaterina Alexandrova (WTA: 28) - 7:6 (7:4), 7:6 (7:3), and the athlete from the Czech Republic defeated another Czech tennis player Karolina Mukhova (WTA: 8) - 6:3, 6:0.

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. Bartunkova and Andreeva became the first semi-finalists of the tennis tournament in Beijing in the women’s singles