(Beijing) Second seed Iga Swiatek won the China Open final 6-2, 6-2 against Liudmila Samsonova on Sunday.
She thus obtained a fifth title this season, a peak at the WTA.
Swiatek’s triumph earned him a 16th career title, on his first visit to China.
In 2023, she also won at Roland-Garros, Doha, Stuttgart and Warsaw.
The Pole excelled on serve, not allowing any break points.
Samsonova committed six double faults, while her rival committed none.
Swiatek, who had four breaks, won when the Russian sent a drop shot into the net after 69 minutes.
In the third round of the Shanghai Masters, Sebastian Korda surprised Daniil Medvedev, third in the world, 7-6 (8), 6-2.
Korda, seeded 26th, was combative in saving three set points to win a thrilling deadlock break.
Medvedev didn’t seem like the player to win 60 games this season.
He showed a lot of frustration in the second set and when Korda broke for a 2-0 lead, nothing could stop the American from earning his first victory against a top 5 player.
“We played really good tennis from the start,” said Korda, a finalist in Astana last week. We had long rallies. I was just very happy to win the first set.
“It then became a question of taking one of his service games, to hope to move towards a victory. »
Korda will have as his next rival Francisco Cerundolo, who beat Marton Fucsovics 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz will play his third-round match against 30th-seeded Daniel Evans on Monday.
