Tennis players from the TOP-10 played in the quarterfinals.
Ashley Barty - Arina Sobolenko
The first racket of the world E. Barty and the 8th Arina Sobolenko met in the first match. It is difficult to give preference to someone here. Arina has more game practice. From this you can build on. Bookmakers preferred Sobolenko.
Overview of the Barty - Sobolenko meeting
The first 5 games passed without incident. In the 6th game, Barty was losing with a score of 0 - 40. But she was able to equalize and win the game on her serve. The score in the set becomes equal: 3 - 3. In the 9th game Sobolenko was leading 15 - 40 on her serve. Barty equalized the score. After 2, exactly Arina allows 2 doubles. Barty converted a break point to take the lead 5 - 4. Ashley Barty wins 10 game and set. Score: 6 - 4.
The first 6 games of the second went according to the same scenario as in the first set. Account, after the 6th game: 3 - 3. In an equal fight, the rivals reached the time-break (6 - 6). This time Sobolenko was stronger. She won the time-break 5-7. She wins the set 6-7.
In set No. 3 Sobolenko could not stand the attacking pressure of Barty. She loses with a score of 6 - 3. The score of the meeting: 2 - 1 (6 - 4, 6 - 7 and 6 - 3)
Anastasia Sevastova - Elina Svitolina
In this confrontation, the bookmaker quotes were in favor of the Odessa woman. She lived up to expectations. I was able to beat the Latvian tennis player, the 57th racket of the World, in 2 sets. Score: 0 - 2 (3 - 6 and 2 - 6). The peculiarity of the match is that many break points were realized. 9 breaks were realized for two. Sevastova took Elina's serve 3 times. Svitolina implemented 6 out of seven possible breaks.
Maria Sakkari - Naomi Osaka
Suddenly, Maria showed super effective and high-quality tennis. She was able to defeat the 2nd racket of the World Naomi Osaka in 2 sets. Moreover, the first won with zero: 6 - 0. In the second, Osaka tried to return to the match. She even hit 2 break points. But Sakkari did not yield. Maria won 5 games in a row and won the set 6 - 4. Total, match score: 2 - 0 (6 - 0 and 6 - 4).
Bianca Andreescu - Sara Sorribes-Tormo
Sarah spent the beginning of the first set more actively. She took the score with breaks. But in the end she still lost the first set with a score of 6 - 4. Bianca converted 3 of 7 breaks. In response, Sarah implemented only 2 of 3 breaks.
Sarah began the second set with a realized break point. Andreescu answered immediately. In game 2, she converted her break point and evened the score. In game 3, Sorribes-Tormo realized her break point. For the second time she took the lead in the score 1 - 2. In the 4th game Andreescu answered with her break and equalized the score: 2 - 2. In the 5th game, Sarah realized her 3rd break in the second set. She took the lead: 2 - 3. In the 6th game Andrees converted her break point. She evened the score: 3 - 3.
In the 7th game, Sorribes-Tormo implements the next break (3 - 4). With some difficulty in the 8th game, Sarah was able to win a point on her serve. She took the lead 3 - 5. Sorribes-Tormo converted a break in game 9. She won the set 3 - 6. Sarah Tied the score in sets: 1 - 1.
In 3 sets, in the first 4 games, the opponents took 2 points. The score is equal: 2 - 2. In the 5th game Andreescu converted a break point. The score becomes 3 - 2. In the 6th game it was Bianchi's turn to win a point on his serve (4 - 2). Andreescu scored a break point in the 7th game. She took the lead: 5 - 2. But in the 8th game she lost her serve. Sorribes-Tormo narrows the gap with a break: 5 - 3. But Andreescu confirmed that this is a break-point match. She realized her next break and won the gem, set and match. Score 3 sets: 6 - 3. Match score: 2 - 1 (6 - 4, 3 - 6 and 6 - 3). By the implementation of break points, equality: 8 out of 17 breaks. That is, 16 break points were realized in the match!
Thus, Barty and Svitolina will play in the 1st semifinal. In the second semi-final, Sakkari will play against Andreescu.
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