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China Open Beijing, China | Sept 29 – Oct 7, 2018 | $8,285,274 | Premier Mandatory Event MATCH NOTES: CHINA OPEN BEIJING, CHINA | SEPT 29 – OCT 7, 2018 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT WTA Information: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/wta Tournament Info: http://www.chinaopen.com.cn | www.facebook.com/ChinaOpen | @ChinaOpen WTA Communications: Xu Yanyan ([email protected]), Adam Lincoln ([email protected]), Kate Goff ([email protected]), Viviana Wang ([email protected]) SAP Tennis Analytics for Media is an online portal that provides real-time data and insights to media during every WTA event and across all devices. Please email [email protected] to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. CHINA OPEN – SEMIFINALS (SATURDAY) National Tennis Stadium ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #20) vs. [8] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #6) Series tied 1-1 Sevastova won when the two played earlier this year at Doha… Osaka bidding to reach fourth career final… Sevastova is projected to rise to career-high ranking by reaching final [WC] WANG QIANG (CHN #28) vs. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) Wozniacki leads 3-1 Players are meeting for a third time in four years at China Open… Wang has won 17 matches in China this season… Wozniacki appearing in SF here for first time since 2010 title run A LOOK AT THE SEMIFINALISTS BEIJING YTD W/L CAREER YTD PRIZE CAREER CAREER PLAYER RANK AGE NAT (MD) W/L* (all levels)* W/L (all levels)* MONEY$^ PRIZE $^ TITLES [2] Caroline Wozniacki 2 28 DEN 22-10 38-15 607-245 4,178,474 31,013,168 29 [8] Naomi Osaka 6 20 JPN 4-1 42-16 177-115 5,870,889 7,105,797 2 Anastasija Sevastova 20 28 LAT 5-3 38-18 382-207 1,750,534 5,042,063 3 [WC] Wang Qiang 28 26 CHN 4-4 35-19 360-225 867,553 2,305,041 2 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS WANG WOZNIACKI SEVASTOVA Sevastova 1-0 Wozniacki 4-0 OSAKA Osaka 1-0 Wozniacki 2-0 SEMIFINAL RECORDS BEST BEIJING LAST FINAL CAREER CAREER PLAYER BEST 2018 RESULT RESULT REACHED (final result) SF W/L* F W/L* [2] Caroline Wozniacki WON (2): Australian Open, Eastbourne WON (1): 2010 2018 Eastbourne (WON) 53-30 29-34 [8] Naomi Osaka WON (2): Indian Wells, US Open SF (1): 2018 2018 Tokyo (R-Up) 4-1 2-2 Anastasija Sevastova WON (1): Bucharest SF (1): 2018 2018 Bucharest (WON) 6-8 3-3 [WC] Wang Qiang WON (2): Nanchang, Guangzhou SF (1): 2018 2018 Guangzhou (WON) 2-3 2-0 *W/L records do not include walkovers Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 MATCH NOTES: CHINA OPEN BEIJING, CHINA | SEPT 29 – OCT 7, 2018 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT BY THE NUMBERS ON THIS DAY: OCTOBER 6 6,000,000 2017: Caroline Garcia battled for three hours and By reaching the semifinals, Naomi Osaka’s annual prize 26 minutes, saving one match point in the third- money has increased beyond US$6 million. Should she set tie-break, to defeat Elina Svitolina in the advance to the final, the Japanese will leapfrog Simona quarterfinals of the 2017 China Open. Two days Halep into first place on 2018’s prize money leaderboard later, the Frenchwoman upset Simona Halep to lift the title and become the first player to complete 248 the Wuhan-Beijing double. A total of 248 aces have been struck across the opening seven days in Beijing, with Osaka contributing a 1905: Helen Wills, winner of 19 major singles titles tournament-leading 23 and one of the greatest players of all time, is born 50 in Centreville, California. Three of the semifinalists have won more than 50% of their return points: Osaka (54.1%), Caroline Wozniacki (51%) and Anastasija Sevastova (50.9%) RANKING UPDATE 22 Regardless of the results over the weekend, Since Wimbledon Wang Qiang has posted a 22-5 win-loss Caroline Wozniacki will remain at No.2 in the record. The only other player to match this win tally is her rankings. However, by winning the title, she can opponent in the previous round, Aryna Sabalenka (22-6) cut Simona Halep’s lead at the top of the rankings 7 to under 1000 points. Wozniacki has appeared in seven previous Premier Mandatory semifinals in her career. The three other By reaching the semifinals, Naomi Osaka will rise players in the draw have played in a combined total of two to a career-high No.4 in the rankings. 6 Anastasija Sevastova will move to No.16 in the Wang is the first Chinese player to reach the Beijing new rankings. Should she reach the final, the semifinals in six years. Her predecessor was Li Na, who fell Latvian is projected to move to a career-best to Maria Sharapova at this stage in 2012 No.12, and No.11 with the title. 0 Wang Qiang, who broke into the Top 30 for the Sevastova, Wang and Wozniacki have all reached the last first time on Monday, is assured of moving to four without dropping a set No.24 and could crack the Top 20 by lifting the title. WTA TV – LIVE ACTION FROM BEIJING Every main draw match from Beijing is LIVE and ON DEMAND on wtatv.com. Catch the action at home or on the go. You won’t want to miss a minute of this year’s star-studded lineup in both singles and doubles. Want to watch multiple matches at once? On WTA TV, you can watch up to four matches simultaneously via the multibox. Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 2 MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 29 - Oct 07, 2018 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #20) vs. [8] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #6) Head to Head: Series tied 1-1 2018 DOHA HARD O R2 ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 6-4 6-1 69 mins 2017 TORONTO HARD O R2 NAOMI OSAKA 6-3 6-4 76 mins ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA NAOMI OSAKA 20 WTA RANKING 6 18 PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 3 13-04-1990 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 16-10-1997 (20) $1,750,534 YTD PRIZE MONEY $5,870,889 $5,042,063 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $7,105,797 1 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 2 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 6-3 BEIJING W-L (MD) * 4-1 38-18 / 142-111 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 40-16 / 80-55 14-5 / 44-33 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-1 / 15-13 6-7 / 30-30 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 13-15 21-11 / 76-65 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 29-9 / 61-37 4-1 / 8-8 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 3-4 1-3 / 3-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-4 / 3-6 3-4 / 8-17 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-6 / 5-15 6-7 / 17-35 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 9-10 / 16-24 * Updated entering 2018 Beijing SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #20) [8] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #6) QF: d. DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #30) 6-3,7-6(5) (1h41) QF: d. SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #45) 3-6,6-4,7-5 (2h33) R16: d. DONNA VEKIC (CRO #38) 6-3,6-2 (1h21) R16: d. [10] JULIA GOERGES (GER #10) 6-1,6-2 (1h06) R32: d. [17] MADISON KEYS (USA #18) W/O (0h00) R32: d. DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #37) 6-1,6-0 (0h52) R64: d. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #35) 6-4,6-2 (1h36) R64: d. ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #92) 6-4,6-3 (1h08) vs. Total games: 57 Total games: 78 Won/lost: 37-20 Won/lost: 52-26 Sets won/lost: 6-0 Sets won/lost: 8-1 Total time on court: 4h38 Total time on court: 5h39 Average time on court: 1h10 Average time on court: 1h25 Average rank of opponent: 30 Average rank of opponent: 46 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 29 - Oct 07, 2018 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY BEIJING Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA NAOMI OSAKA 2017 2017 R1 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #104) 7-6(3) 5-7 R1 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #12) 6-2 7-5 7-6(7) 2016 2016 R1 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #14) 6-1 6-1 R1-Q L - TATJANA MARIA (GER #114) 6-2 6-1 2010 QF L - NA LI (CHN #15) 7-6(6) 6-3 SEVASTOVA: Beijing • Making fourth main draw appearance at China Open, and has posted best result this week, having reached SF • Previous best result was here was QF run in 2010 (as qualifier, l. Li Na). Fell in 1r in 2016 (l. eventual R-Up Konta) and 2017 (l. Sharapova) • Has reached her second SF at WTA Premier Mandatory level – made the last four at 2017 Madrid • Bidding to reach biggest final of career today – her previous six final appearances have all come at WTA International level • Defeated Cornet in 1r on Sunday before advancing to R16 via walkover over Keys (left knee injury) • Saw off Vekic in R16, who she has now beaten in all five of their career encounters • Has reached QF or better at five of her past seven tournaments – also Bucharest (WON), Moscow [River Cup] (QF – withdrew injured), Montréal (QF), US Open (SF) and Beijing (SF).
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