Beijing (AP)-the Coconut defense champion Goutf arrived at the China Open semifinals for the third consecutive year after beating Eva Lys 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday.
The second -sown American was worried about his service and granted seven breaking opportunities in Beijing. But Lys, a German player who is looking for his first WTA title in his career, could turn only three of them and leave his own service five times against the champion of the France Open.
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“She is a difficult opponent, hit some incredible shots in the race,” said Goorf, who is looking for her 11th race title. “I was doing everything possible to keep me aggressive. Simply keeping me safe in my game and not being too passive.”
The opponent of the Gauffa semifinal will be an anisimova amanda of third seed, the runner -up of Wimbledon and the US Open, or No. 6 Jasmine Paolini, who recently helped Italy to successfully defend the Billie Jean King Cup.
They were playing their quarterfinals later on Thursday. ___
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(Tagstotranslate) Coco GAUTF (T) Eva Lys (T) Semifinal Defensor Champion (T) France
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