Final round robin match in Zhuhai
AZALEA GROUP
Qiang Wang (11) defeated Madison Keys (6) in a dramatic turn around.
Keys began with a bang, smashing Wang with a commanding forehand and returning with just as much power. It was 5-0 in a flash, and the set was 6-1 to the American. Wang had won just one of eleven points on her second serve in the set.
Keys broke to lead 2-1 in set two, but then was broken for 2-2. Another service break and then Keys almost consolidated leading 3-2 40-0.
However, Wang cashed in on some errors and broke back (the fourth successive dropped serve)
It was the beginning of eight straight games for the Chinese player, much to the delight of her home nation crowd.
Keys held serve for 1-4, but it was her final hurrah, Qiang Wang running out the winner 1-6 6-3 6-1.
All three players in the group ended with a win and a loss, so it came down to best record on sets to decide the semi finalist from the group.
- Madison Keys 3-2
- Qiang Wang 3-3
- Dasha Kasatkina 2-3
Madison Keys, despite her loss to Qiang Wang, wins the semi final spot.
In the doubles:
LILY GROUP
Mihaela Buzarnescu / Alicja Rosolska (1) defeated wildcards Qianhui Tang / Fang Ying Xun (6) 6-2 6-2
Next will be the semi finals:
- Julia Goerges (5) v Ash Barty (9)
- Garbiñe Muguruza (7) v Madison Keys (6)
Plus final doubles round robin matches
- Miyu Kato / Makato Ninomiya (2) v Xinyu Jiang / Zhaoxuan Yang (5) (from the BOUGAINVILLEA group)
- Shuko Aoyama / Lidziya Marozava (4) v wildcards Qianhui Tang / Fang Ying Xun (6) (from the LILY group)
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