The two main seeds of the Peking Open, the Russian Aryna Sabalenka and the polish Iga Swiatekadvanced this Tuesday to the round of 16 of this WTA 1000 tournament.
Sabalenka, world number one, proved her worth in an exciting clash against British Katie Boulter (no.56), in a highly competitive match which the Russian won 7-5 and 7-6 ( 2).
“In key moments I played better than him,” Sabalenka said after the match, adding that the complex’s center court was “very good” for his style of play.
Swiatek beat the Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (n. 47). Although the first set was close, he showed his patience and consistency in his approach to the game, which allowed him to win with the result of 6-4 and 6-1.
The Polish tennis player emphasized the importance of staying calm in difficult situations as the key to progressing in a match.
The third seed and recent winner of the US Open, the American Coco Gauff, She starred in an intense confrontation against Croatian Petra Martic (n.48).
Gauff finally prevailed in a clash that ended 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (2), and earned his fourteenth straight victory.
Your countryman Jessica Pegula (n.4) showed her determination by overcoming a poor start to beat Anna Blinkova 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-1.
In addition to these results, the Russian boy Mirra Andreeva (n.60), 16 years old, managed to advance in the tournament by defeating his compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (n.62) of 6-2 and 6-1.
Andreeva will face the Kazakh in the next round Elena Rybakina (n.5), who also advanced with a solid 7-5, 6-0 victory over Germany’s Tatjana Maria (n.53).
In the last match of the night, which ended in the early hours of Wednesday, the Greek Maria Sakkari (n.6) beat Czech Linda Fruhvirtova (n.98) 6-4, 6-2.
Source: La Verdad
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