Surprise! Muchova ended Sabalenka · tennisnet.com’s winning streak

Karolina Muchova has a match against in the quarterfinals of the WTA Tour 1000 tournament in Beijing that was quickly believed to be lost Aryna Sabalenka still turned. And thus the Belarusian added her first defeat after 15 wins in a row.

Aryna Sabalenka will probably be annoyed about this defeat for a few more days: after losing the first set, the number one at the tournament in Beijing actually seemed to be back on track to further build on her winning streak of 15 matches in a row. But Karolina Muchova made a great final spurt and caught up with a break in the third set. And moved into the semi-finals of the penultimate WTA Tour 1000 event of the season with a score of 7:6 (5), 2:6 and 6:4.

There Muchova, who once again had to use the entire range of her incredible skills to slow down Sabalenka, meets either Mirra Andreeva or the Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng. The latter naturally starts the race in Beijing with the fans behind it.

Swiatek is looking for a new coach

The second semi-final has already been decided since yesterday. Coco Gauff qualified for the semifinals with a win against the Ukrainian surprise Yulia Starodubtseva and Paula Badosa with a win over Shuai Zhang.

Regardless of the tournament in Beijing, there were two pieces of news about the missing world number one Iga Swiatek: Firstly, that the Pole has separated from her coach Tomasz Witkorowski. And on the other hand, Swiatek will not take part in the upcoming 1000 event in Wuhan.

Here is the individual tableau in Beijing