Original title: WTA Finals – Swatek crashes in the semifinals Gauff loses a streak
CCTV News: On November 4, Beijing time, the WTA 2022 year-end finals will begin on the fourth match day. World Number 1 Swatek defeated Garcia 6-3, 6-2 in the Austin Group second round, losing just 10 games in the two games and qualifying for the semi-finals. Kasagina beat host Gauff with a score of 7-6 (6), 6-3, the latter losing a streak of straight wins and confirmed no hope of advancing. Kasagina will compete with Garcia for second qualifying place in the Austin group.
Seeded Swatek continued to perform well: after winning 5 games in a row with Garcia in the first set, she got rid of the opponent’s entanglement and won the last 3 games in a row at the end of the game. Swatek took revenge for Garcia’s defeat in his hometown of Poland at the end of July. Before that, Swiatek had a total record of 20 wins and 1 loss against the remaining 7 players in the final. The only defeat was against Garcia once.
This is Swatek’s 14th win this year against the top 10. Since Barty retired on top of the world, the Polish girl has played a total of 45 games and won 40.
When Kasakina defeated French Open runner-up Gauff in two sets later in the group stage, Swatek, who won both matches in the group stage, secured his qualifying spot early.
Host favorite Gauff ruined a huge 4-1 lead in the first set, although he broke his opponent’s serve at 5-6 to win the game, he still lost the first set in the tiebreaker. . In the second set, Gauff only kept one serve and Kasakina ended the battle in two sets. Gao Fu fought on two fronts, lost 4 straight games in singles and doubles and lost hope of promotion from both sides. Kasagina, who is competing for the first time, will compete with Garcia for the second qualifying place in the group.
