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Tokyo, Sep 23 (IANS) Two days after saving a match point and enduring a flood of 27 experts from No 2 seed Caroline Garcia, No 28 Zhang Shuai on Friday booked her place in the elimination rounds. of the Container Pacific Open with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Petra Martic, here.
Playing in Tokyo without precedent for more than 10 years, Zhang is currently in his third elimination round of the time. Recently, he won his third career singles title in Lyon and won his last in Birmingham.
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The 33-year-old comes into the fall season after a fruitful summer hard court season, which saw him reach back-to-back quarterfinals in Cincinnati and Cleveland before making his most memorable US Open Round of 16.
Zhang entered the quarterfinals looking for his first ever victory over Martic. The Croatian has beaten him twice on hard courts. In their last match in 2019 Miami, Martic lost only three games.
Zhang had the option to open the match after Martic went 1 for 5 in break focuses in the main set. In contrast, Zhang only saw two break focus in the opener but converted twice.
From 5-5 in the primary set, Zhang launched seven straight games before Martic was on the board at 5-1. He completed the victory with his fifth match point following 1 hour and 22 minutes.
The victory was Zhang’s 34th, more than doubling her 2021 tally of 15. She is the first Chinese player to advance past the Tokyo elimination rounds since Li Na in 2009.
“Last year, intense half year. I had a physical issue due to the fact that in 2020 I (returned) to China (twice), with the length of the quarantine later. At the point when I started playing I felt shoulder pain, arm pain, everything. So last year, the main part of the year I didn’t win any matches. I didn’t play well. I took a great deal of rest and treatment,” Zhang understood after the match.
“Last year’s 15 wins were late in the year. So it looks similar, every half year I have 15 achievements. The feeling is good,” she added.
Zhang will face Liudmila Samsonova for a spot in her third final.
No.30 Samsonova played a clinical match to defeat former No.1 Garbie Muguruza 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals.
From 4-4 in the main set, Samsonova took command of the match by dominating four straight games to build a 6-4, 2-0 lead. She completed the coordinate with 23 wins to Muguruza’s 11, breaking the Spaniard multiple times.
Samsonova has now won 16 of her last 17 matches and has reached the elimination round or better in three of her last four competitions.