Tennis
Swiatek won the title by dealing with the criminal Kostyuk in Beijing
The final match took place in the challenging WTA 1000 series tournament held in Beijing (China) on October 8.
world number two Iga Swiatek She defeated Lyudmila Samsonova (No. 22 WTA) in two matches.
Beijing. End
Iga Swiatek (Poland) – Lyudmila Samsonova – 6:2, 6:2
For Swiatek, this is the fifth championship of the season and the third on the hard field. He has previously won in Dubai, Stuttgart, Roland Garros and Warsaw.
Iga will continue to be the second player in the world, but will reduce the gap with Aryna Sabalenka, the leader in the WTA rankings, to 465 points.
For Samsonova, this was her third final in 2023 and she lost in all of them. In the third round, Lyudmila knocked out Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk.
IGA IS DOING IGA KIND OF THINGS 🏆👑@iga_swiatek Claimed her first Hologic WTA 1000 trophy of the season and her 16th career title!!!#ChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/OEyBL5lbwK
— wta (@WTA) October 8, 2023
Source: Sport UA
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