Jasmine Paolini beaten in semifinals in Zhengzhou

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Jasmine Paolini beaten in semifinals in Zhengzhou

It è ended in the semifinals Jasmine Paolini’s adventure in the WTA 500 on cement in Zhengzhou.

The 27-year-old Tuscan, world number 31, è was beaten in an hour and a quarter of play with a clear score of 6-2 6-3 by Chinese host Qinwen Zheng, number 24.

First set with two breaks suffered by the blue player in the first and fifth game, while the second è was more eventful: two breaks in the first two games, one on each side, in the fifth è again the Chinese player snatched Jasmine’s service after canceling a break point in the previous game.

On the fourth break point available in the seventh game the Chinese goes to 5-2 and serves for the match, here she loses one of the two break leads but regains it immediately making the match her own. Paolini on Monday will enter the world’s top 30 for the first time, right at No. 30.

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