Beijing. Chinese wildcard player Beaunchaocate's stellar run at the 2024 China Open ATP and WTA event came to an end here on Tuesday as he lost to world No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy in the men's singles semifinals. Sinner will face world No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the final.
After being ranked 96th in the world at the tournament, Byunchaokete defeated fourthseeded Andrei Rublev of Russia in straight sets to book his place in the semifinals. Despite a spirited performance, the 22yearold was unable to get past the topseeded Italian and lost 63, 76(3).
With the scoreline tied at 22 in the opening set, Sinner began to take control of the set by breaking Buanchaocate to take a 52 lead. Although the underdog managed to win one game, Sinner took the set 63.
The second set was more competitive, with Buenchaocate holding on at 66 before the 2024 US Open champion won a crucial tiebreak, Xinhua reported.
“Sinner put a lot of pressure on me. My serve was very bad today, probably the worst of the week, but I tried to adjust during the match. Maybe I was too tired after these intense matches,” said Buenchaocate. “
Sinner said, “Bunchaocate is a very solid player. He has had success in the last few months, and I expect him to continue to perform well.” Sinner will face world No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the final. Is ready for, who defeated world number 5 Daniil Medvedev of Russia 75, 63. Alcaraz said after the win, “I think I played well. Obviously, if I want to beat Daniil, I have to play high quality tennis. Really happy to reach my first final in Beijing.”
Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai, who had lost 24 consecutive matches before the China Open, defeated 23rd seed Magdalena Frech of Poland 64, 62 to reach the women's singles quarterfinals. “I'm very happy with my performance again at the China Open,” Zhang said.
Entering the last eight of the China Open for the third time after previous appearances in 2016 and 2018, Zhang will next face Spain's Paula Badosa, who defeated world No. 3 Jessica Pegula of America in the round of 16.
“I am feeling a lot of pressure and nervous because I have already lost 24 matches. It was very tough, more than a year and a half without a win,” the 35yearold said. “Every day when I wake up, I try to get to the court early. I was sad when I lost, but I went back the next day. I believed in myself and I believed that good results would come.”
Zhang said, “In this draw, everyone is ranked higher than me. I have nothing to lose, so I don't need to think too much. I will focus on myself in the next match.”
After losing to Pegula in her first three matches, including a loss in the Cincinnati semifinals last month, Badosa comfortably defeated Pegula 64, 60 to reach the WTA 1000 quarterfinals for the eighth time in her career.
The former world No. 2 said, “I was moving well. Today my backhand and forehand were good, and I fought. Every point was very important for me, especially against Jessica, because at any time she To be honest, I am very happy with this victory.
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