Beijing-the French open winner Coco Gauff was forced to take the distance against the Canada’s Leylah Fernandez before he closed a tight three-setter 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 to continue to the third round at the China on Sunday.
The defending champion and a solid crowd favorite in Beijing conquered a second stumbling and then struggled to serve the match in the third before he broke Fernandez in the 12th game of the decisive set to conquer it.
Gauff will then be confronted with No. 16 Belinda Bencic or Australian Priscilla Hon in the WTA 1000-Series Tournament.
In earlier matches on Sunday Eva Lys no. 10 Elena Rybakina 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 and the American McCartney Kessler led Barbora Krejcikova 1-6, 7-5, 3-0 when the Czech player withdrew from the match.
The tournament is held simultaneously with an ATP 500 men’s tournament.
Second placed Alexander Zverev gathered from a break in the decisive set to defeat Corentin Moutet with 37th ranked Corentin Moutet 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 to set up a quarter-final Matchup against Daniil Medvedev, who passed Alejandro 6-3, 6-3.
A day after he became the newest tennis star to apologize to Chinese fans, Lorenzo Musetti had a Straight-Sets victory over Tour veteran Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-3 in a second round match.
Earlier, the student beat ten Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 6-2 to set up a meeting with the number 9-arranged Musetti in the quarterfinals.
Japan Open: Alcaraz’s record
Carlos Alcaraz comfortably defeated Brandon Nakashima 6-2, 6-4 to reach the semi-final of the Japan open with his 65th race winning of the season to match his personal best count in a single season, according to the ATP tour. He also had 65 victories in 2023.
“It’s great to continue, to play another semi-final,” said the 22-year-old Alcaraz. “It is special because it is the first time that I play here in Japan and here in Tokyo, so to reach the semi -finals in my first performance is something great.”
Alcaraz will then be confronted with Casper Ruud, the fourth placed Norwegian Die Aleksandar Vukic with 6-3, 6-2.
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