Athletistic / Tennis. On October 4, the third round matches of the women’s singles took place at the WTA-1000 tournament in Beijing (China). In one of them, the Russian Lyudmila Samsonova (22nd racket in the world) broke the resistance of the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (44th rank in the world) in three sets with a score of 6:4, 6:7 (4- 7), 7:5. .

The duration of the match was 2 hours 55 minutes. Samsonova made four aces during the match, made eight errors on her serve and converted 6 breaks out of 10 break points. Kostyuk has eight serves, 12 double faults and 5 break points out of 12 possible.

In the quarterfinals of the tournament in the capital of the Celestial Empire, Lyudmila Samsonova will fight with Latvian Elena Ostapenko. The prize money for the competition in Beijing this season is $8.13 million.


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