“All favorites won their quarterfinals”, — write: sport.ua
The main favorite of the competition, Jasmin Paolini, in a difficult 3-set game, defeated Belinda Bencic, who at the previous stage of the tournament knocked out Ukrainian Yulia Starodubtseva.
Ekaterina Aleksandrova dealt with McCartney Kessler in 1:40, winning 2 sets with the same score of 6:3.
It took only 58 minutes for Yelena Rybakinia, who had previously knocked out Dayana Yastremska, to beat Ayla Tomlyanovych, giving her only 2 games in the opening set and winning the second in a “dry”.
In the last quarter-final, the sensational Zhu Lin played Diana Schneider and in a 3-set game
WTA 500 Ningbo. The results of the 1/4 finals
Belinda Bencic (6) –
Jasmine Paolini (2) – 7:5, 5:7, 3:6
Yekaterina Alexandrova (4) – McCartney Kessler – 6:3, 6:3
Ayla Tomlyanovych (Q) –
Yelena Rybakina (3) – 2:6, 0:6
Zhu Lin (Q) – Diana Schneider (7) – 6:2, 3:6, 1:6
Semi-final pairs
Diana Schneider (7) – Yekaterina Alexandrova (4)
Yelena Rybakina (3) –
Jasmine Paolini (2)