Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff are set to meet in the semifinals on Saturday at the Wuhan Open in China after recording comfortable straight wins in their quarterfinals on Friday.
World No. 1 Sabalenka and No. 4 Gauff will compete for a spot in the Wuhan final on Sunday, with the winner either Wang Xinyu or Qinwen Zheng/Jasmine Paolini. ) will face off against.
Gauf They defeated Poland 6-0, 6-4 to claim their eighth consecutive WTA title and 50th title of the year. Magda Linette The 20-year-old American is chasing back-to-back tournament successes after winning the China Open in Beijing last week.
Gauff won the first set without losing a game, but the American had to save four break points on serve to do so, and her returns proved too strong for Linette at crucial moments.
“I’m really happy with the way I played,” said Gauff, who overcame eight double faults in the match.
“It was definitely a good first set. In the second set, I had a chance to close it out with a 5-3 game, but I was glad I was able to close it out on serve.”
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Highlights from the Wuhan Open quarterfinals between Coco Gauff and Magda Linette
Sabalenka They then defeated their Polish opponents to advance to the semifinals in Wuhan for the third time in a row. Magdalena Frech 6-2 6-2 in a one-sided match in which the Belarusian produced 42 winners.
The 26-year-old had won the previous two tournaments in 2018 and 2019 before being sidelined for five years following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sabalenka Face Gauff for a spot in Sunday’s final
Sabalenka and Gauff are scheduled to meet on Saturday for the first time since the Australian Open semifinals in January.
Gauff holds a 4-3 advantage in their previous meeting and famously won the 2023 US Open final before Sabalenka got revenge in this year’s Australian Open semifinals.
“We played a lot of games in the past, we had a lot of good battles,” Sabalenka said. “I’m really excited.”
ensuring that there is at least one Chinese player in the other semifinals; Wang Xinyu fought back from a first set loss to beat the world No. 33. Ekaterina Alexandrova 4-6 7-5 7-6 (8-6).
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Highlights from the Wuhan Open quarterfinals between Wang Xinyu and Ekaterina Alexandrova
chinwen jung They will now aim to beat the Italian third seed and meet the Chinese in the last four. Jasmine Paolini in the final quarterfinals on Friday.
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- Shanghai Masters – ATP 1000 (October 2-13)
- Wuhan Open – WTA 1000 (October 7-13)
- Almaty Open, Kazakhstan – ATP 250 (October 14-20)
- Stockholm Open, Sweden – ATP 250 (October 14-20)
- European Open, Antwerp – ATP 250 (14-20 October)
- Japan Open, Osaka – WTA 250 (October 14-20)
- Ningbo Open, China – WTA 500 (October 14-20)
- Erste Bank Open, Vienna – ATP 500 (21-27 October)
- Swiss Indoor, Basel – ATP 500 (October 21-27)
- Guangzhou Open, China – WTA 250 (October 21-27)
- Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis, Tokyo – WTA 500 (October 21-27)
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