The Ukrainian will have a difficult duel with the sixth racket of the world
American Coco Gauff will become the next rival of the Ukrainian tennis player Yulia Starodubtseva in the quarterfinals of the tournament WTA 1000 in Beijing.
In the 1/8 finals, Coco faced the former first racket of the world, Japanese Naomi Osaka. The first set ended in favor of her opponent Gauff – 6:3.
In the second game, with the score 3:3, Osaka took the lead on someone else’s serve, but then the American took three games in a row. After this, the Japanese tennis player refused to continue the match due to a lower back injury.
In the quarter finals, Coco will meet with Ukrainian Yulia Starodubtseva, who first made it into the main draw of the WTA 1000 tournament for the first time in her career, after which she successively beat German Laura Siegemund, world number 37 Katerina Sinyakova from the Czech Republic, Armenian representative Elina Avanesyan and “neutral” » Anna Kalinskaya (No. 14 in the WTA rankings). Thanks to her successful performances, Yulia has already secured her debut in the top 100 of the WTA rankings.
- WTA 1000. Beijing, China. Fourth round
Naomi Osaka (Japan) — Coco Gauff (USA, 4) – 1:1 (6:3, 4:6 – refusal)
Source: Sportarena
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