Beijing – Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek defeated Camila Osorio for her 400th career gain and opened to the fourth round on the China on Monday.
Swiatek, who became the first player who registered 25 or more victories at WTA-1000 events for three consecutive seasons with her straight sets victory of Yuan Yue in the third round, showed no signs of delayed when she dismantled her Colombian opponent 6-0 in the first set of the second set.
“Certainly, I’m sorry for Camila, because she always gives her 100 percent,” said Swiateek. “But in general, like in addition, I have the feeling that I played well in the first set and really used my game to push Camila.”
Top placed Swiateek, who won Korea in Seoul last week, also won the French open four times and the US Open once under its six Grand Slam Singles titles, the next one plays the American Emma Navarro.
In earlier matches on the third round Monday, Mirra Andreeva defeated Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-4, 6-1 and Marta Kostyuk defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-4, 6-2. Navarro led Lois Boisson 6-2, 1-0 when the French player withdrew from the game.
Fitfh-set Jessica Pegula also saved three match points before he eliminated Emma Raducanu 3-6, 7-6 (9), 6-0 to make the fourth round. Raducanu also wasted three match points against Barbora Krejcikova in a second round 4-6, 7-6 (10), 6-1 loss in the Korea Open on September 18.
Pegula improved her record against the Brit to 3-1.
In the ATP 500 men’s tournament that is being held in Beijing at the same time, Jannik Sinner with the top placed in the semi-final with a 6-1, 7-5 defeat of Fabian Marozsan.
The 24-year-old Italian then plays the third placed Alex de Minaur, who progressed through Walkover after his opponent Jakub Mensik in the first set with an injury with an injury with an injury with an injury.
Alexander Zverev is in third place no. 18 Daniil Medvedev in a quarter -final game later Monday.
In Tokyo, Carlos Alcaraz came from the top of a set to beat the fourth placed Casper Ruud 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the semi-final of the Japan open for his personal best 66th victory in a season.
“I had many chances in the first set,” said Alcaraz. “I had four breaking points if I am not wrong. It’s just about details, so I just tried to be more positive than the first set.”
With the victory, Alcaraz set up a final on Tuesday against the second placed Taylor Fritz who hit 13 aces on his way to eliminate another American Jenson Brooksby 6-4, 6-3.
Fritz defeated Alcaraz 6-3, 6-2 on the Laver Cup last week.
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