Tennis
Swiatek beat Goff for the 9th time and reached the final of the super tournament in Beijing
world number two Iga Swiatek (Poland) reached the final of the challenging WTA 1000 series tournament held in Beijing (China).
In the semifinals of the competition, the Polish woman defeated the US Open 2023 champion in two sets Coco Goff (USA, WTA 3) In 1 hour and 15 minutes.
WTA 1000 Beijing. Difficult. 1/2 final
Coco Goff (USA) [3] – Iga Swiatek (Poland) [2] – 2:6, 3:6
This was the tennis players’ 10th meeting. Iga won the 9th game.
Swiatek ended Goff’s 16-game hitting streak.
Swiatek will be making her eighth WTA 1000 final this year and her third. This will be the 20th decisive match of Iga’s career, in which he will try to win his 16th trophy.
In the cup match in Beijing, Swiatek will face Elena Rybakina or Lyudmila Samsonova.
All about numbers 🔢💥
– 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 WTA 1000 season finale✔️
– 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 finale of the year✔️@iga_swiatek | #ChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/vLB80lTG8i— wta (@WTA) October 7, 2023
Source: Sport UA
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