Sasnovich lost Kalieva in the quarterfinals of the tennis tournament in Suzhou

Alexandra Sasnovich (WTA: 121) completed her performance at the tournament from the WTA 125 category with a prize pool of $115,000 in Suzhou, China. In the quarterfinals, she lost to American Elvin Kalieva (WTA: 117) - 3:6, 6:7 (8:10), reports sb.by.

Earlier, the second racket of our country left out Chinese Xinxin Yao (WTA: 271) (7:5, 6:1) and Linda Frukhvirtova from the Czech Republic (WTA: 181) (6:0, 6:2). However, the quarter-final barrier was insurmountable.

The outcome of the first game predetermined the only break made by the American in the sixth game. In the second set, during which the tennis players distinguished themselves at the reception three times, the clarification of relations reached the tiebreak. And Kaliyeva did it a little better.

Belarusian Daria Khomutyanskaya (WTA: 291), who started promotion on the tournament grid from 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). And Alena Faley (WTA: 220) knocked out Chinese Hanya Guo (WTA: 240) (7:6, 4:6, 7:5) and Ukrainian Alexandra Oleynikova (WTA: 47) (7:6, 4:0, refusal). She is currently playing a quarterfinal match against Rebecca Shramkova of Slovakia (WTA: 152).

The Suzhou Open, which is played on hardcore courts, will end on October 11. In 2025, the winner of these competitions was the Swiss Victoria Golubic, who defeated the American Katie Volynets in the final with a score of 4:6, 6:4, 6:4.