Japan Open: Wang takes down Putintseva to reach last four
The third seed will play the winner of the match between Chinese Lin Zhu, the top seed, and American qualifier Elizabeth Mandlik in the semi-final
Xinyu Wang 2022
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China’s Xinyu Wang, the No 3 seed, won against Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 6 seed, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (1), 6-3 to advance to the semi-finals of the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships on Friday.
Wang, ranked No 39 in the world, will face the winner of the match between Chinese Lin Zhu, the top seed, and American qualifier Elizabeth Mandlik next.
The 21-year-old Chinese player defeated Swiss Jil Teichmann (7-6 (3), 6-3) and Japanese qualifier Himeno Sakatsume (6-4, 6-2) earlier in the week.
In the previous rounds, Putintseva, ranked No 88, won against Russian Diana Shnaider (6-2, 6-3) and Russian qualifier Valeria Savinykh (6-1, 6-2).
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