WTA Nanchang: Magda Linette and the Chinese Coalition. Polka will play for the second final

Saturday, Magda Linette will fight for the final of the WTA International Tournament in Nanchang. At 11:00 Polish time, a Poznan woman will face hosts' representative Qiang Wang

Łukasz Iwanek
28 July 2018, 01:10

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On the battlefield of Nanchang, where tennis players also have to fight the hot sun, Magda Linette and three Chinese women remain: Qiang Wang, Lin Zhu and Saisai Zheng. Friday in the quarter-finals, Polka lost the first set of the tournament. She beat 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 2 In Shuo Liang, the Australia Junior Champion Open 2018.

After the match, the Poznanans congratulated the young Taiwanese. – Maybe Liang did not have much experience in WTA, but she played very well. She went to the tennis court and already seemed to be a regular on the tour. She won the Junior Australian Open, which is why I was waiting for a tough match. I hope that he will come back here next year and that he will win – said Linette –

For the fourth time, Polka will play in the semi-finals of the main round. Earlier in the four best, she was in Baku (2013), Tokyo (2015) and Kuala Lumpur (2017). In the capital of Japan, in the international ranking tournament, she has reached the only final until now. She lost to him with Yanina Wickmayer.

On Saturday, Linette will face Qiang Wang. A Chinese woman, like Polka, lost a game in three games. In the second round, she defeated 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2 Uzbeczka Sabina Szaripowa. Hindu Ankita Raina and her compatriot Fangzhou Liu each gave three parts.

For the second time this season, Wang beat three opponents in a main tournament. At Indian Wells, en route to the fourth round, she eliminated Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky, Belgium's Elise Mertens and France's Kristina Mladenović. Earlier in Dubai, she easily celebrated the Dutchman Kiki Bertens and broke the game of Ukrainian Elina Switolinie. The Chinese woman has reached the semifinal for the first time since October (Hong Kong).

Wang celebrated the biggest triumph of professional tennis in 2017 in Zhengzhou. In the final of the WTA challenger faced his compatriot Shuai Peng, who was scratched in the third set. Tiencin's tennis player has 13 ITF singles and one doubles. The best Grand Slam started this year at Roland Garros. On the way to the third round, she eliminated American Venus Williams and Croatian Petra Martić.

Wang will appear for the second time in the semi-finals of the main series of the tournament. Last season in Hong Kong, she sacked Taiwan's Kai-Chen Chang, Thailand's Luksika Kumkhum and Australian Samantha Stosur. In the fight for the final, she lost against Anastasia Pawluczenkowa with the Russian. The Chinese woman was ranked best in 44th place in January of this year.

Linette won the previous three games with Wang. For the second time, these tennis players will face the main round. Three years ago, Kuala Lumpur Polka won in three sets. In 2014, Poznań's daughter was twice first in the WTA challengers standings in Taipei (7: 6, 6: 2) and in the final in Ningbo (3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 1). we played together a few times. I know it will be a tough match – Polka said. At the Nanchang Central Court, Linette and Wang, 26, will leave at noon. 11:00 Polish time

Jiangxi Open, Nanchang (China)
WTA International, hard court, prizepool 250 thousand. dollars
Saturday, July 28

semi-final :
central court, 11:00 am Poland time

Balance of meetings between Magda Linette and Qiang Wang (main series) Year Tournament Stadium Winner Result 2015 Kuala Lumpur Round I Linette 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 0