Katie Boulter advances to the Pan Pacific Open semifinals and will face Sofia Kenin
Katie Boulter of Great Britain returns a forehand shot to Coco Gauff of the United States during their women's singles match of the China Open tennis tournament, at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Andy Wong]
TOKYO (AP) — Katie Boulter has overcome a series of mediocre results on the WTA Tour’s Asian swing to advance to the Pan Pacific Open semifinals with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Bianca Andreescu. The British player lost in recent weeks in the first round at Wuhan and in the second round to Coco Gauff at the China Open. But she dominated Andreescu, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, in the first of four quarterfinals in Tokyo on Friday. Boulter will play another Grand Slam singles champion, 2020 Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin, in the semis on Saturday. Kenin beat fifth-seeded Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 6-4.
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Zheng Qinwen of China returns a shot to Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic in a women's singles semi-final match, of the China Open tennis tournament, at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
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