The Americans Coco Gauff and Amanda Anisimoa will be opposed in the semi-finals of the WTA 1000 in Beijing after their respective victory over Eva Lys and Jasmine Paolini.
There will be three Americans in the last square of the WTA 1000 in Beijing! Coco Gauff and Amanda Anisimova qualified this Thursday for the semi-finals, and will be joined on Friday by the winner of the match between Emma Navarro and Jessica Pegula (the other quarter will oppose the British Kartal to the Czech Noskova). The world No. 3 challenged No. 66 Eva Lys, which had notably eliminated Elena Rybakina during the week. The 21-year-old Floridian put an end to the beautiful German journey, beating her 6-3, 6-4 in 1:27, in a match at 8 breaks. And 5 of its 8 breaks intervened in the first set, and consecutively!
Between 2-1 and 5-3 for Gauff, the two players were unable to win their service games. The world n ° 3 ended up gaining its put into play at the best time, at 5-3 when it was necessary to conclude (having still saved a Débreak ball). In the second round, from 2-2, three games in a row ended again with a station wagon, but GAUFF was able to keep his advantage to win at 5-4 on his first match ball.
Anisimova and Keys at the Masters
Amanda Anisimova had to fight for 2:48 am to overcome Jasmine Paolini, world n ° 8. N ° 4 won 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 in a match at 8 breaks and will therefore see the last square. In the first set, the American broke at 3-3 but fell in love with the time of gaining the Channel, at 5-4. The Italian returned to 5-5 and finally won the tie-break, won 7-4. In the second, Anisimova still took ahead by leading 4-0 then 5-2, but this time Paolini did not return, and conceded the Channel to 5-3. Everything was played in the third, which lasted 64 minutes.
The first games were concluded with a break (1-1), then the American saved six 5-3 bullets, and it was finally she who succeeded in the break at 4-4, before winning on her first match ball. What a fight! This torn victory allows him to win his ticket for his very first masters, at 24 years old. And Paolini’s defeat also allows Madison Keys, absent in Beijing, to qualify for his second masters after that of 2016, at 30 years old.
