Bianca Andreescu of Canada talks to the media after winning her first-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Bianca Andreescu of Canada talks to the media after winning her first-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Bianca Andreescu of Canada talks to the media after winning her first-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Bianca Andreescu of Canada talks to the media after winning her first-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Bianca Andreescu of Canada talks to the media after winning her first-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Bianca Andreescu of Canada in action during her first-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Bianca Andreescu of Canada in action during her first-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Bianca Andreescu of Canada in action during her first-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Bianca Andreescu of Canada in action during her first-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine in action during her second-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine in action during her second-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine in action during her second-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine in action during her second-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands in action during her second-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands in action during her second-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Dayana Yastremska of the Ukraine & Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands at the net after their second-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in action during her second-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in action during her second-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in action during her second-round match at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Kristýna Plíšková & Karolina Plíšková of the Czech Republic playing doubles at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Kristýna Plíšková & Karolina Plíšková of the Czech Republic playing doubles at the 2019 China Open Premier Mandatory tennis tournament
Andreescu, Svitolina, Bertens, Bencic şi surorile Plíšková, în timpul partidelor câştigate astăzi Credit Foto: Jimmie48 Tennis Photography
Qiang Wang (China, 20) a abandonat atunci când o conducea cu 7-5, 5-4 pe Ajla Tomljanovic (Australia, 52), din cauza unor crampe musculare şi a fost scoasă de pe teren într-un scaun cu rotile (slideshow, mai sus).
Altfel, 5 jucătoare s-au calificat deja în optimi: 3 capi de serie – Elina Svitolina [3], Kiki Bertens [8] şi Belinda Bencic [9] – şi două dintre cele necotate, Ekaterina Alexandrova şi Katerina Siniakova (Cehia, 47), care a dispus categoric: 6-2, 6-1 în 1h1′ de Jelena Ostapenko (Letonia, 71) [WC], autoarea eliminării Karolinei Plíšková.
Belinda Bencic (Elveţia, 10) [9] a trebuit să salveze două mingi de meci – în setul decisiv, la 4-5, când servea – şi apoi o minge de tie-break, înainte de a câştiga: 6-3 3-6, 7-5 cu Venus Williams (SUA, 59).
Bianca Andreescu (Canada, 6) [5] a spus la conferinţa de presă de după victoria din primul tur: 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 cu Aliaksandra Sasnovich (60), a 14-a consecutivă în circuit, după cele 7 care i-au adus titlul la US Open şi cele 6, pentru titlul de la Premier 5 Toronto:
Nu vreau să par arogantă, dar am uitat cum e să pierzi şi asta cred că este un lucru bun. Atunci când meditez am mereu acel sentiment de învingătoare. Este bine că l-am uitat pe celalălt.
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În proba de dublu, Karolina Plíšková (149 WTA la dublu) avansează în sferturile de finală, alături de sora ei, Kristýna (91): 6-1, 7-5 în optimile de finală cu Samantha Stosur (Australia, 17) / Shuai Zhang (China, 13) [7].
Ambele jucătoare românce prezente pe tabloul acestei probe au pierdut în primul tur R(28):