China Open 2018, Beijing, China, WTA Premier

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DATE: Sep 29 - Oct 7, 2018
SURFACE: Hard
TOTAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENT: $8,285,274
FIELD SIZE: 64
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Caroline Garcia

Seeds:

1. HALEP, Simona
2. WOZNIACKI, Caroline
3. KERBER, Angelique
4. GARCIA, Caroline
5. KVITOVA, Petra
6. SVITOLINA, Elina
7. PLISKOVA, Karolina
8. OSAKA, Naomi
9. STEPHENS, Sloane
10. GOERGES, Julia
11. BERTENS, Kiki
12. OSTAPENKO, Jelena
13. KASATKINA, Daria
14. MUGURUZA, Garbiñe
15. MERTENS, Elise
16. BARTY, Ashleigh (withdrawn)

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The Tournament:

A combined ATP-WTA event, the China Open is the biggest tournament on the Asian leg of the WTA calendar and the fourth and last Premier Mandatory stop of the season.

The tournament, which launched as a Tier II event in 2004 and was upgraded to Premier status in 2009, is staged in Beijing Olympic Park at the China National Tennis Center. The facility - constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics - expanded to 11 courts featuring a new 15,000-seat stadium with a retractable roof in 2011. It utilizes space-age air-cooling technology. In 2006, the China Open became the first tournament outside the United States to implement Hawk-Eye electronic line calling.

About Beijing

Beijing, China’s massive capital, has history stretching back 3 millennia. Yet it’s known as much for its modern architecture as its ancient sites such as the grand Forbidden City complex, the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Nearby, the massive Tiananmen Square pedestrian plaza is the site of Mao Zedong’s mausoleum and the National Museum of China, displaying a vast collection of cultural relics.

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China Open: A strange match but exciting sends Svitolina packing - earlier today Kvitova lost too

 

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1st Round ..

Donna Vekic (CRO) beat Maria Sakkari (GRE) 6-1 6-4
Daria Gavrilova (AUS) beat 5-Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6-2 6-1
10-Julia Goerges (GER) beat Johanna Konta (GBR) 6-2 4-6 6-3
Danielle Collins (USA) beat Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 6-2 3-6 6-3
12-Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) beat Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-4 7-6(3)
Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) beat 6-Elina Svitolina (UKR) 0-6 6-4 7-6(4)
 

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Hard fought victory for Stephens

 
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Finally time for a WTA match on main stadium after 2h 42 BORING minutes. Next up is Shuai Zhang vs Elise Mertens it simply can't be boring no matter how they play - well I guess that's why I normally ONLY watches female tennis - he he ;)
 

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Score Roundup:

1st Round
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) beat Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 6-1 6-0
Shuai Zhang (CHN) beat 15-Elise Mertens (BEL) 6-1 3-6 6-3
8-Naomi Osaka (JPN) beat Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 6-4 6-3
7-Karolina Pliskova (CZE) beat Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6-4 6-4
Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) 6-3 6-1
14-Garbine Muguruza (ESP) beat Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-0 6-4
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) beat Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 7-5 6-4
Petra Martic (CRO) beat Barbora Strycova (CZE) 6-2 6-3
2-Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) beat Belinda Bencic (SUI) 6-2 6-3

2nd Round

Donna Vekic (CRO) beat Ons Jabeur (TUN) 7-6(5) 6-4
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) beat 17-Madison Keys (USA) (Walkover)
10-Julia Goerges (GER) beat Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 6-4 4-6 (Retired)



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To whom it may concern - actual race standings today - UPDATE
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Osaka on a mission - just steamrolled Danielle Collins with a bread stick and a bagel in 53 min

 

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A DOUBLE bagel for Ostapenko - did she play with her head under the arm or?
 

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Kind of get the feeling that Osaka isn't going to get that massive first major hangover that has afflicted the likes of Penko.
 
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