Jiangxi Open 2018, Nanchang, China, WTA International

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DATE: Jul 23 - Jul 29, 2018
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY:
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Peng, Shuai

Seeds:

1 ZHANG, Shuai
2 WANG, Qiang
3 LINETTE, Magda
4 NARA, Kurumi
5 DIATCHENKO, Vitalia
6 ZHENG, Saisai
7 DUAN, Yingying
8 HAN, Xinyun

The Tournament:

The Jiangxi Open is an International event staged at the Nanchang International Sports Center in China.

About Nanchang

Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China. As of 2010, a population of 5,042,565 live in the prefecture, in which 2,357,838 live in the area made up of all five urban districts.

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The Draw

 

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.. 1st Round ..
1-Shuai Zhang (CHN) beat Sabine Lisicki (GER) 7-6(0) 6-3
Tereza Martincova (CZE) beat Yuxuan Zhang (CHN) 6-3 6-4
Karman Thandi (IND) beat Jia-Jing Lu (CHN) 6-3 3-6 7-5
6-Saisai Zheng (CHN) beat Miyu Kato (JPN) 6-3 6-0
Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) beat 5-Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) 4-6 6-4
3-Magda Linette (POL) beat Su Jeong Jang (KOR) 6-4 6-0
Fangzhou Liu (CHN) beat Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) 7-5 6-3
Sabina Sharipova (UZB) beat Ayano Shimizu (JPN) 6-2 6-0

 

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Wednesday:

.. 2nd Round ..
1-Shuai Zhang (CHN) beat Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 6-4 6-1
Lin Zhu (CHN) beat Tereza Martincova (CZE) 6-2 6-3
En-Shuo Liang (TPE) beat Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) 6-1 6-2
2-Qiang Wang (CHN) beat Sabina Sharipova (UZB) 6-4 3-6 6-2

 

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.. Quarter-final ..

Lin Zhu (CHN) beat 1-Shuai Zhang (CHN) 7-6(3) 4-6 6-1
6-Saisai Zheng (CHN) beat Fang Ying Xun (CHN) 6-3 6-4
3-Magda Linette (POL) beat En-Shuo Liang (TPE) 6-3 4-6 6-2
2-Qiang Wang (CHN) beat Fangzhou Liu (CHN) 6-3 6-0

 

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Semi-final ..
6-Saisai Zheng (CHN) beat Lin Zhu (CHN) 6-3 1-6 6-2
2-Qiang Wang (CHN) beat 3-Magda Linette (POL) 7-5 6-2

 

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Thanks to Li Na. Now, women's tennis seem to have taken off big time in China. 14 of the 32 players (almost 50%) were from China. Also, three of them made it to SF.

I am not really following any of them. Don't know whether anybody stands out.

Ran into an interesting magician Hsieh Su-Wei from Taiwan (who upset Simona and has very unconventional style) in Wimby. Surprised she is not playing here.

 

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Qiang Wang wins her maiden WTA title 7-5 4-0 over retired Zheng