Athletistic / Tennis. On October 7, the semi-finals took place in Beijing (China) as part of the WTA-1000 category tournament. In the second of them, Russian Lyudmila Samsonova (22nd racket in the world) broke the resistance of Kazakh tennis player Elena Rybakina (fifth number in the world ranking) in straight sets with a score of 7:6 (9-7 ), 6:3.
The duration of the match was 1 hour 40 minutes. Samsonova made five aces during the match, made four errors on her serve and converted two breaks on five break points (40%). Rybakina has four missed serves, four double faults and one break point out of three possible (33%).
In the final of the tournament in the capital of the Celestial Empire, Lyudmila Samsonova will fight with the second racket on the planet, the Polish Iga Swiatek. The prize money for the competition in Beijing this season is $8.13 million.
Source: Sport
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