WTA: WTA roundup: Top seed Lin Zhu survives in Osaka

Date:

Share post:


Top-seeded Lin Zhu of China outlasted Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Japan Open on Thursday in Osaka.

Uchijima smashed eight aces and saved 14 of 21 break points to stay in the match. But Zhu, after falling behind 1-0 in the third set, won six straight games to finish it off.

Next up, Zhu will face American Elizabeth Mandlik, who beat Canada’s Rebecca Marino 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.

No. 3 seed Xinyu Wang of China eased past Himeno Sakatsume of Japan 6-4, 6-2. Arianne Hartono of the Netherlands needed just 59 minutes to beat Panna Udvardy of Hungary 6-2, 6-0.

San Diego Open

Danielle Collins needed just 67 minutes to rout second-seeded Caroline Garcia of France 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals at San Diego.

The 29-year-old Florida native never faced a break point in the match and converted four of her five break opportunities. Collins is through to her first semifinal since March, when she fell in that round at Austin, Texas.

Next up for Collins is fourth-seeded Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic, who defeated seventh-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil 6-4, 6-3.

The United States’ Sofia Kenin cruised past Russia’s Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-3. Kenin will face fellow American Emma Navarro in the semifinals after Navarro beat third-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (4) in the quarterfinals.

–Field Level Media

spot_img

Related articles

WTA: WTA roundup: Zheng Qinwen’s comeback sends her to first grass semi in London

Top seed Zheng Qinwen and unseeded Amanda Anisimova each advanced to their first semifinals on grass with wins...

ATP: ATP roundup: Reilly Opelka bags upset in Netherlands

Reilly Opelka hammered 24 aces and knocked off top-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) on...

ATP: Wimbledon increases winners’ purse to $4.07M

The All England Lawn Tennis Club, organizers of The Wimbledon Championships, announced Thursday that prize money for the...

WTA: WTA roundup: Emma Raducanu reaches London quarters

Unseeded Emma Raducanu is the last Brit standing at the HSBC Championships following her straight-sets win on Thursday...

FREE

Get the most important breaking news and analyses for Free.

Thank you for subscribing

Something went wrong.