China Open: Samsonova brushes aside Ostapenko to reach the semi-finals
Liudmila Samsonova defeated Ostapenko 6-3, 6-2. She’ll play the winner of the match between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina, in the next round
Zuma / Panoramic
Russian Liudmila Samsonova defeated Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 13 seed, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the last 4 of the China Open at National Tennis Center in Beijing.
Samsonova, ranked No 22, will play the winner of the match between Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, and Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 5 seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the Russian won against American Alycia Parks (6-4, 7-6 (4)), No 12 seed Petra Kvitova (6-4, 7-5) and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-5).
Ostapenko, ranked No 17, beat German qualifier Eva Lys (2-6, 6-3, 6-2), Linda Noskova (W/O) and American Jessica Pegula, the No 4 seed (6-4, 6-2) in the previous rounds of the Beijing tournament.
Beijing WTA 1000, other last-eight results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.127.389, most recent results first):
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Elena Rybakina
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Maria Sakkari (6): 6-2, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Caroline Garcia (9): 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5), 6-1
People in this post
More tennis news
August 16, 1994: The day Andre Agassi tried to stop the music
Tirante stuns ailing Djokovic for the biggest win of his career in Cincinnati
Swiatek: “We all work to have these moments, and for sure I was missing it”
August 15, 1995: The day Monica Seles returned to the tour 27 months after the tragic stabbing
Ben Shelton on defending his Montreal title: “The way you win matters to me”
