Aryna Sabalenka eliminated and Beijing runs out of the first two favorites

Fclose to the 34th player of the world hierarchy, Sabalenka still had five ‘break’ balls in the fifth game of the first set, and then showed her frustration by throwing the racket to the ground when she suffered a break during the second partial, eventually losing on the first ball of encounter.

“ I tried to stay focused to stay calm. It is a legend ... I was truly happy to win”, said in the end the Czech player, 20 years, who, in the next round, will measure forces with Austrian Sinja Kraus, 95th ranking player.

The Chinese tournament had already lost on the eve of its first serial head, the Russian Elena Rybakina, world leader, who was removed at its debut in the second round by Armenian Alina Charaeva, 118th of the hierarchy.