The British Emma Raducanu and Sonay Kartal both came to the Tour of 32 on the WTA 1000 China open on Saturday in Beijing, scoring victories over Cristina Bucsa from Spain and the Australian Daria Kasatkina.
Super difficult, Cristina [Bucsa] played great. I am very happy that I came across it, and after a tough last week to bounce back. I want to do it really well here. I am half-Chinese, so it’s great to come back here. Emma Raducanu
In her 3rd round lock, Raducanu lit up with a 6-3 6-3 victory over Bucsa in one hour and 38 minutes, while Kartal made the 14th placed Kasatkina, 6-3 6-0, upset in 64 minutes.
It was Raducanu’s first victory at the China Open, because the No. 30 Seed received a Bye in the 1st round, but she looked sharp from the start in a high -quality game.
The British No. 1 and former US Open Champion had confronted Bucsa twice this season, and lost closely in Singapore and then won comfortably on the grass in the Queen’s Club, and there was little to choose between them in a fascinating first set on this occasion.
The difference turned out to be in the serve of Raducanu, because she saved 6 breaking points, 4 of them in the opening match, by firing 4 aces.
Raducanu made the breakthrough in the 8th match when Bucsa coughed up a double mistakes at the breaking point, and the 22-year-old Brit extended her series of matches to 5 to fell the first set and to lead 2-0 in the second.
While she only knew 16 winners in Bucsa’s 28, Raducanu maintained the main trade fairs and seemed to take the lead over the game, but then she missed the chance to go up 3-0 and she was taken back as Bucsa, who finally broke her Serve and Drew level at 2-2.
Raducanu, however, immediately broke back and quickly got back on the front foot and she continued to win 4 of the last 5 games and set up a 3rd round clash with 5th seed, Jessica Pegula from the US.
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It was a special victory for Raducanu, whose mother comes from China, and she looked noticeably happier than last week in Korea, when she held match points against Barbora Krejcikova only lost in 3 sets.
“Super difficult, Cristina played great,” Raducanu said Sky Sports. “I am very happy that I came across it, and after a tough last week, to bounce back. I want to do it really well here. I am half-Chinese, so it’s great to come back here.”
Raducanu then received a warm applause from the local fans before speaking with them in Mandarin.
She is now 14-3 against players who are lower than not 50 in the PIF WTA ranking this year, and has consistently won her first game on 14 consecutive tournaments, dating from the BNP Paribas Open in March.
British No 3 Sonay Kartal produced a polished version to upset Daria Kasatkina, no. 19 seeds, in 64 minutes on day 4 of the China Open in National Tennis Center
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In the meantime, Kartal, British No. 3, set up a powerful exhibition to see Kasatkina in few less than an hour, Aussie Nr born in Russia.
It was a very impressive performance from Kartal, who is taking on her 3rd victory against a top 20 player this season.
The World No. 81 lost only 5 games in her first round victory against American Alycia Parks, and she produced an even more polished performance on Saturday, converting 6 of 11 breaking points to set the world aside. 20.
Kartal will have to disrupt the chances against the 19-year-old Maya Joint, the Aussie No 2, who has won 2 WTA titles and is 45 places above the Briton in the ranking.
However, the 23-year-old will have high expectations to continue when she then meets the unpredicted joint in the last 32.
Top Seed Iga Swiateek van Polen wiped along the local wildcard Yuan Yue on Saturday
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Elsewhere, top seeds wasted Iga Swiatek little time in beating the Chinese Wildcard Yuan, 6-0 6-3, who became the first player to register 25 or more victories on WTA 1000 events for 3 consecutive seasons.
The Wimbledon champion, who won Korea in Seoul last week, also won the French open 4 times and the US Open once under its 6 Grand Slam Singles titles.
The World No 2 takes on Camila Osorio in the 3rd round, after the Colombian upset Anna Kalinskaya, the no. 19 Seed from Russia, 6-1 4-6 6-4.
Four-time big champion and an American open semi-finalist this year, Naomi Osaka, was shocked with 1-6 6-4 6-2 by Aliaksandra Sasnovich, the Belarusian world no. 130, while Olympic champion and home favorite, Zheng Qinwen, her returned after Ellebooga Operatie Arango.
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