Kyrgios saves 5 match points, the Japanese continues his way, the Swede reached his first ATP 500 semifinal
Tonight, August 6, the quarter-final matches at hard tournaments in Washington (USA) and San Jose (USA) ended.
Tennis is a sport in which every day there are sensations and fiery matches. This is how night tennis in the USA was remembered by the audience.
From the main men’s news: Nick Kyrgios (Australia, ATP 63) saved 5 match points and won the match against Francis Tiafoe (USA, ATP 27) in three sets. Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan, ATP 96) continues his samurai journey. In the quarterfinals of the tournament, he beat Daniel Evans (Great Britain, ATP 40). Mikael Imer (Sweden, ATP 115) performed no less sensationally. The Swede reached his first ATP 500 semifinal after defeating Sebastian Korda (USA, ATP 54) in the quarterfinals.
The results of the men’s quarterfinals in Washington:
Daniel Evans (Great Britain, ATP 40) – Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan, ATP 96) – 6:7 (5:7), 6:4, 5:7
Francis Tiafoe (USA, ATP 27) – Nick Kyrgios (Australia, ATP 63) – 7:6 (7:5), 6:7 (12:14), 2:6
Sebastian Korda (USA, ATP 54) – Mikael Imer (Sweden, ATP 115) – 2:6, 7:5, 3:6
Andrey Rublev (ATP 8) – Jeffrey Wolf (USA, ATP 99) – 6:2, 6:3
As expected, the women’s semi-finals in Washington turned out to be weak. In the quarterfinals, the Chinese Xu Wang (WTA 95) beat Victoria Azarenka (WTA 20), who in the first round of the tournament won against the Ukrainian Diana Yastremskaya (WTA 77).
Results of the women’s quarterfinals in Washington:
Daria Saville (Australia, WTA 88) – Rebecca Marino (Canada, WTA 111) 6:1, 7:5
Anna Kalinskaya (WTA 71) – Kaia Kanepa (Estonia, WTA 37) – 7:6 (7:4), 4:6, 3:6
Xu Wang (China, WTA 95) – Victoria Azarenka (WTA 20) – 6:1, 6:3
Lyudmila Samsonova (WTA 60) – Emma Radukanu (Great Britain, WTA 10) – 7:6 (8:6), 6:1
But in San Jose at night there were 3 sensations at once. First, Shelby Rogers (USA, WTA 45) beat Amanda Anisimov (USA, WTA 22). Secondly, Russian representative Veronika Kudermetova (WTA 19) won against Ons Jaber (Tunisia, WTA 5), who is having an incredible and historic season for the entire African continent. And finally, the Spaniard Paula Badosa (WTA 4), who achieved the main successes on clay and it is on this surface that she shows her best tennis, won against Cora Gauff (USA, WTA 11). It should be noted that in the first round of the tournament, Kory declassified the Ukrainian Angelina Kalinyna (WTA 52).
The results of the quarterfinals in San Jose:
Shelby Rogers (USA, WTA 45) – Amanda Anisymova (USA, WTA 22) – 6:4, 6:4
Ons Zhaber (Tunisia, WTA 5) – Veronika Kudermetova (USA, WTA 19) – 6:7 (5:7), 2:6
Darya Kasatkina (WTA 12) – Aryna Sobolenko (WTA 6) – 4:6, 7:5, 6:0
Cory Gauff (USA, WTA 11) – Paula Badosa (WTA 4) – 6:7 (4:7), 2:6