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Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka to square off in Wuhan semifinal
Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka set up a semifinals showdown with quick victories Friday over a pair of Polish opponents at the Wuhan Open in China.,Gauff defeated Magda Linette 6-0, 6-4 in 84 minutes -- a minute longer than it took Sabalenka to knock out Magdalena Frech 6-2, 6-2.,Gauff, the fourth s...
Coco Gauff reaches Wuhan quarters, Jessica Pegula out
Coco Gauff extended her winning streak in China to eight matches and advanced to the Wuhan Open quarterfinals Thursday with a 6-4, 6-1 win over 13th-seeded Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine.,The fourth-seeded Gauff is trying to become only the second player to sweep the WTA 1000 events in Beijing and Wuhan i...
Aryna Sabalenka tops Katerina Siniakova, stays perfect in Wuhan
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka recorded a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Czech Katerina Siniakova in the second round of the Wuhan Open on Wednesday in China.,Sabalenka followed up a first-round bye by benefitting from seven double faults by Siniakova to win the match in 94 minutes and improve to 13-0 all-time i...
Andreeva sisters to meet in Wuhan second round
Russian sisters Mirra and Erika Andreeva will meet for the first time as professionals in the second round of the Wuhan Open in China.,The 16th-seeded Mirra, 17, defeated Chinese wild card Xiyu Wang 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Tuesday. Older sister Erika, 20, defeated Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska 7-5, 6-4 in her...
Leylah Fernandez pulls off early upset in Wuhan
Leylah Fernandez rallied for a 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-3 victory Monday over 12th-seeded Russian Diana Shnaider on the opening day of the Wuhan Open in China.,The unseeded Canadian rebounded after missing three set points in the opening set. She also survived 10 double faults by converting seven of 13 break...
Coco Gauff coasts to China Open championship
Coco Gauff captured her second title this season and eighth of her career with a convincing 6-1, 6-3 victory over Karolina Muchova in the final of the China Open on Sunday in Beijing.,The fourth-seeded Gauff recorded six aces and won 28 of 33 of her first-serve points en route to breezing to the win...
Coco Gauff, Karolina Muchova set for finals showdown in Beijing
Coco Gauff will play for her second career WTA 1000 title after coming from behind to defeat Spain's Paula Badosa 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals of the China Open on Saturday.,Gauff, the No. 4 seed, was down a set and a break point before breaking Badosa's serve twice and winning the final four gam...
No. 1 Iga Swiatek splits with coach after three years
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland announced a split with coach Tomasz Wiktorowski on Friday after a three-year partnership.,Swiatek won four of her five Grand Slams, 19 of her 22 career titles and an Olympic bronze medal in Paris while working with Wiktorowski, who was voted WTA Coach of the Year by...
Karolina Muchova halts Aryna Sabalenka's streak in Beijing
Karolina Muchova snapped No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka's 15-match winning streak with a 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-4 victory in the quarterfinals of the China Open on Friday in Beijing.,With her win in 2 hours and 46 minutes, the unseeded Czech advanced to the semifinals of the WTA 1000 event to face home favorit...
Coco Gauff advances to second straight semifinal in Beijing
Fourth-seeded Coco Gauff overcame a sluggish start to record a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Ukrainian qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 in their quarterfinal match of the China Open on Thursday in Beijing.,Gauff won 78.6 percent of her first-serve points and saved 10 of 13 break points while ov...
Aryna Sabalenka storms into quarterfinals in Beijing
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka cruised into the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over No. 18 Madison Keys in just 65 minutes on Wednesday at the China Open in Beijing.,It is the 10th consecutive WTA Tour quarterfinal for the Belarusian star. The reigning U.S. Open champion has tied her personal bes...
Coco Gauff gets past injured Naomi Osaka in Beijing
Fourth-seeded Coco Gauff advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open on Tuesday when Japan's Naomi Osaka retired before the third set in Beijing with a lower back injury.,Osaka won the first set 6-3 and was up a break leading 4-3 in the second set before losing the final three games and promptly...
Aryna Sabalenka continues winning ways in China Open
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka extended her winning streak to 14 matches with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Ashlyn Krueger on Monday in the third round of the China Open in Beijing.,Sabalenka, of Belarus, won 71.8 percent of her first-serve points to dispatch Krueger in 74 minutes. ,"Maybe right now I'm not p...
Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff advance at China Open
Jessica Pegula expected a tough match, and the second-seeded American got one in defeating Veronika Kudermetova 6-7 (9), 6-1, 6-2 in the third round of the China Open in Beijing on Sunday.,It was Pegula's first career win in three attempts against Kudermetova, the 32nd seed, who beat the American in...
Aryna Sabalenka continues quest of first China Open win
Top seed Aryna Sabalenka overcame a sluggish start to defeat Thai qualifier Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6-4, 6-1 and move to the third round of the China Open in Beijing on Saturday.,Sabalenka won her 13th straight WTA Tour match in 76 minutes, but she wasn't completely pleased by her play.,"In the first ...
Caroline Garcia ends season due to 'anxiety' attacks
Caroline Garcia ended her WTA Tour season Friday, citing shoulder issues as well as exhaustion from "anxiety" and "panic attacks.",The 30-year-old Frenchwoman, currently ranked No. 36 in the world, did not make it past the second round at any of the Grand Slam events this season.,In a lengthy social...
Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula triumph in Beijing
Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula posted wins Friday at the China Open to move on to the third round in Beijing.,Bpth defeated opponents from France. Gauff, the fourth seed, topped Clara Burel 7-5, 6-3, while the second-seeded Pegula rallied from a break down in the second set to defeat Diane Parry 6-1,...
Coco Gauff confirms Matt Daly added to coaching team
Coco Gauff rebounded quickly following her split from Brad Gilbert by adding Matt Daly to her coaching team.,Daly joins Jean-Christophe "JC" Faurel in assisting Gauff, who parted ways with Gilbert last week.,Daly, 45, recently coached Canadian Denis Shapovalov on the ATP Tour last season.,"I'm reall...
Sara Sorribes Tormo wins marathon match in Beijing
Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo outlasted China's Xinyu Gao in the fourth-longest match of the Open Era on Thursday at the China Open in Beijing.,One of several players to overcome a first-set stumble in the first round, Sorribes Tormo completed her 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-5 victory in four hours and 15 minutes...
Under championship-pedigree coach, Naomi Osaka wins opener in Beijing
Naomi Osaka won her first-round match 6-3, 6-2 over Italy's Lucia Bronzetti at the China Open in Beijing, making for a good debut under new coach Patrick Mouratoglou on Wednesday.,Mourataglou spent a decade as the coach of the legendary Serena Williams, and Osaka is eager to learn from him.,"I think...