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Pliskova suffers Sasnovich blues
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ALIAKSANDRA Sasnovich produced the biggest upset of the Pan Pacific Open yesterday, ousting third-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals.
Sasnovich, of Belarus, beat the US Open finalist 6-4, 6-2 for her first win over a top-10 player. She will face local favorite Naomi Osaka in the next round.
“I was expecting now to be going to Wuhan for the next tournament because I know Karolina is a really good player and I didn’t expect to win today,” Sasnovich said. “But, you know, it’s life and it’s tennis. The ball is round.”
Top-seeded Garbine Muguruza also advanced with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia.
Spain’s Muguruza, who lost to Sevastova in the second round of the US Open, broke her opponent five times to set up a quarterfinal with Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina. She beat eighth-seeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6 (5), 6-4.
“Maybe there was a little bit of pressure,” Muguruza said. “But I’m so happy that I came back as top seed, because it means that I’m improving and hopefully I can be in the final.”
Elsewhere, Poland’s Magda Linette battled to a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva and will next face former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.
In Guangzhou, south China, defending champion Jelena Jankovic of Serbia beat Germany’s Sabine Lisicki in the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou Open yesterday, getting her a step closer to the US$226,750 top prize.
Second seed and former world No. 1 Jankovic beat 2013 Wimbledon finalist Lisicki 7-6 (4), 6-4 to advance to today’s semifinals, where she will face third-seeded Croatian Ana Konjuh.
The tournament’s two US players took a beating, with Konjuh knocking out American Jennifer Brady 6-4, 7-5 and Ukranian Lesia Tsurenko securing a win over fifth seed Alison Riske 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 in a match that lasted nearly two hours.
Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland, fresh off a surprise 7-6 (7), 3-6, 4-6 win over top seed Sara Errani that had shot her into the quarterfinals the night before, couldn’t recreate the magic, losing 4-6, 6-4, 3-6 to Anett Kontaveit of Estonia, listed as 129th in the WTA singles rankings.
In Seoul, Jana Cepelova advanced to the Korea Open quarterfinals after beating the top seed and defending champion Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania.
Cepelova, world No. 102, defeated No. 23 Begu, who had won two titles at the Korea Open, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 yesterday.
Cepelova previously made it into the semifinals at the WTA Tokyo last week before being beaten by American Christina McHale in the final.
The 23-year-old Slovak also beat Begu in the two ladies’ first and previous match at the qualifiers for the 2013 US Open.
Cepelova will next play another Romanian, Monica Niculescu.
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