Elena Ostapenko stopped in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Beijing, the champion of Roland Garros-2017 lost in two sets to Lyudmila Samsonova.
Olena Ostapenko, defeat by Lyudmila Samsonova at the WTA in Beijing
Ostapenko, the 13th favorite in the WTA 1000 category, lost only after 65 minutes of play with a score of 6-3, 6-2.
After this success, Lyudmila leveled the situation in direct confrontations with Elena: 2-2.
Samsonova (22 WTA) will meet the winner of the match between Aryna Sabalenko (the main favorite) and Olena Rybakina (5) for a place in the grand final.
They will meet in the other semi-final Iga Svyatek (2) and Coco Gauf (3).
The China Open is held in Beijing from September 30 to October 8 on hard, is part of the WTA 1000 category and has a total prize pool of $8,127,389.
The competition was last held in 2019 (it was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic), and then Naomi Osaka became the champion.
Source: Hot News
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