Beijing, Sep 29: Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek defeated Camila Osorio for her 400th career win and advanced to the fourth round at the China Open on Monday.
Swiatek, who became the first player to register 25 or more wins at WTA-1000 events for three consecutive seasons with her straight sets victory of Yuan Yue in the third round, showed no signs of slowing down as she dismantled her Colombian opponent 6-0 in the first set, before Osorio retired from the match in the opening game of the second set.
Top-seeded Swiatek, who won last week’s Korea Open in Seoul, has also won the French Open four times and the U.S. Open once among her six Grand Slam singles titles, next plays American Emma Navarro.
In earlier third-round matches Monday, fourth-seeded Mirra Andreeva beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-4, 6-1 and Marta Kostyuk beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-4, 6-2. Navarro was leading Lois Boisson 6-2, 1-0 when the French player retired from the match.
Also, fitfh-seeded Jessica Pegula saved three match points before knocking out Emma Raducanu 3-6, 7-6 (9), 6-0 to make the fourth round. Raducanu also wasted three match points against Barbora Krejcikova in a second round 4-6, 7-6 (10), 6-1 loss at the Korea Open on Sept 18.
In the ATP 500 men’s tournament being held concurrently in Beijing, top-seeded Jannik Sinner cruised into the semifinals with a 6-1, 7-5 defeat of Fabian Marozsan.
The 24-year-old Italian will next play third-seeded Alex de Minaur, who advanced by walkover after his opponent Jakub Mensik retired with injury trailing 4-1 in the first set.
Third-ranked Alexander Zverev plays No. 18 Daniil Medvedev in a quarterfinal match later Monday.
Alcaraz to face Fritz
In Tokyo, top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz came from a set down to beat fourth-seeded Casper Ruud 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Japan Open for his personal best 66th victory in a season. (AP)
