Aryna Sabalenka has not misplaced a set on the China Open en path to the quarter-finals as the highest seed eased previous Madison Keys 6-4 6-3 on Wednesday.
Victory over American Keys places Sabalenka two wins away from retaking the highest spot from Iga Swiatek within the WTA Race rankings for the year-end championship in Riyadh – stay on Sky Sports activities Tennis.
Crimson-hot Sabalenka has now reached the quarter-finals or higher in 12 of the 15 occasions she’s performed this season.
She moved into her third consecutive Beijing quarter-final and is bidding to make her first semi-final within the Chinese language capital.
She’s going to face both US Open semi-finalist Karolina Muchova or Spain’s Cristina Bucsa subsequent.
What’s developing on Sky Sports activities Tennis in October?
- Shanghai Masters – ATP 1000 (October 2-13)
- Wuhan Open – WTA 1000 (October 6-12 – Emma Raducanu in qualifying motion)
- Almaty Open, Kazakhstan – ATP 250 (October 14-20)
- Stockholm Open, Sweden – ATP 250 (October 14-20)
- European Open, Antwerp – ATP 250 (October 14-20)
- Japan Open, Osaka – WTA 250 (October 14-20)
- Ningbo Open, China – WTA 500 (October 14-20)
- Erste Financial institution Open, Vienna – ATP 500 (October 21-27)
- Swiss Indoors, Basel – ATP 500 (October 21-27)
- Guangzhou Open, China – WTA 250 (October 21-27)
- Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis, Tokyo – WTA 500 (October 21-27)
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