China Open: Top seed Sabalenka moves into last eight, sets up Rybakina clash
Aryna Sabalenka won against Jasmine Paolini 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Thursday afternoon and will play Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Aryna Sabalenka through to the semi-finals of the 2023 US Open © Seth Wenig/AP/SIPA
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, advanced to the last eight of the China Open by winning against Italian Jasmine Paolini 6-4, 7-6 (4) at National Tennis Center in Beijing on Thursday.
Sabalenka, ranked No 1, will play Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 5 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the Belarusian beat American wildcard Sofia Kenin (6-1, 6-2) and qualifier Katie Boulter (7-5, 7-6 (2)).
Paolini, ranked No 36, edged out Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 15 seed (3-6, 6-4, 6-4) and Chinese wildcard Yue Yuan (2-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Beijing tournament.
Beijing WTA 1000, other last 16 results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.127.389, most recent results first):
- Maria Sakkari (6) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Veronika Kudermetova (16): 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Caroline Garcia (9) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-3, 6-2
- Elena Rybakina beat Mirra Andreeva (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Magda Linette: 6-1, 6-1
- Liudmila Samsonova beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-5
- Jelena Ostapenko (13) beat Jessica Pegula (4): 6-4, 6-2
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