The American Coco Gaufffourth seed in the China Open, She entered the quarterfinals of the tournament this Tuesday after the withdrawal due to injury of her rival, the Japanese Naomi Osaka.with the score at 3-6 and 6-4 at the end of the second set.
The match, played on the Diamond center court of the Beijing complex in the evening, It lasted one hour and 28 minutes.
Osaka started strong in the first setwho imposed his dominance from the start and secured 6-3 with a solid serving performance.
However, Gauff showed significant improvement in the second set, raised her level of play, allowing her to even the score at 6-4, before Osaka retired due to injury.
The American stood firm in the decisive moments of the matchstands out especially for his effectiveness in serving and converting ‘break’ opportunities.
With this success, Gauff will face Ukrainian Yuliia Starodubtseva (no. 115) in the quarterfinalswho defeated the Russian Anna Kalinskaya 7-5 and 6-0, and in the semifinals she will face Paula Badosa, provided she defeats the Chinese S. Zhang this Thursday.
Other seeds, such as Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and Chinese Zheng Qinwen, Olympic gold in Paris, will play their round of 16 duels this Wednesday to reach the next round.
The current champion and world number one, Iga Swiatek of Poland, is not participating in this year’s edition of the tournament.
Source: La Verdad
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