VENUS WILLIAMS MOVES INTO LADIES TENNIS SEMI FINALS IN WUHAN, PLUS ALL RESULTS SINGLES & DOUBLES & TODAY’S SCHEDULE ALSO KNOWN AS O.O.P. ORDER OF PLAY

Written by: Staff on 1st October 2015

VENUS WILLIAMS MOVES INTO LADIES TENNIS SEMI FINALS IN WUHAN, PLUS ALL RESULTS SINGLES & DOUBLES & TODAY'S SCHEDULE ALSO KNOWN AS O.O.P. ORDER OF PLAY |

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VENUS DIGS DEEP IN WUHAN TO END KONTA RUN

Venus Williams admitted that she had to ‘dig deep’ to fight her way into the semi-finals of the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open in China.

Williams was 3-5 down in the third set against British qualifier Johanna Konta but came through to win 6-4 3-6 7-5 to win last eight match which enthralled the night session crowd in Wuhan’s new 15,000-seater stadium court.

“Today I was definitely waiting on a few errors which didn’t come from her side,” said Williams, who will face US Open finalist Roberta Vinci on Friday for a place in the final. “I thought she was moving the ball around. I definitely feel like I can rely on my speed when I have to defend. There were definitely some good defense shots today. Maybe not my best day on the court, but that’s when I have to dig deep.”

Johanna Konta. Photo via Instagram.

“I think she played an incredible match and at a very high level,” said Konta afterwards.”I just feel very fortunate that I got to share the court with her. I went on court to win and to do my best. I did give my best. I gave my all today. It just wasn’t enough. Yeah, I lost to a pretty incredible champion.”

Vinci proved too strong for Czech Karolina Pliskova, notching up a 76(2) 6-3 victory. “Of course, I’m really happy also for today. I don’t want to stop, you know. So I play a good game also today, solid game. I’m really, really happy that I’m in semifinal here for the first time. I don’t want to think about if I win this title. Just enjoy my semifinal tomorrow and then we will see the ranking and everything. Step by step.”

Garbine Muguruza will take on Angelique Kerber in Friday’s other semi-final after a comfortable 6-2 6-2 quarter-final win. Muguruza admitted afterwards that she struggled to adjust to competition following her run to the Wimbledon final in July. “You know just after the big result, I didn’t know how I was going to react. It was a little bit difficult to start from zero and, again, another tournament. But I guess it was needed to this happen for me. So, well, just an experience to learn from.”

Kerber, seeded sixth to Muguruza’s fifth, was untroubled against American Coco Vandeweghe, who was stricken with a foot injury which forced her to retire with Kerber losing 6-1 3-1.

RESULTS – SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS

[5] G. Muguruza (ESP) d [9] A. Ivanovic (SRB) 46 61 60

V. Williams (USA) d [7] C. Suárez Navarro (ESP) 63 64

[15] R. Vinci (ITA) d [3] P. Kvitova (CZE) 76(3) 62

Anna Schmeidlova (SVK) d Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 64 62

Venus Williams (USA) d [Q] Johanna Konta (GBR) 64 36 75

ORDER OF PLAY – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2015

CENTRE COURT start 12:30 pm

DOUBLES SEMI-FINAL – I. Begu (ROU) / M. Niculescu (ROU) vs [6] A. Hlavackova (CZE) / L. Hradecka (CZE)

Not Before 3:00 pm

SINGLES SEMI-FINAL – [Q] J. Konta (GBR) or V. Williams (USA) vs [15] R. Vinci (ITA)

Not Before 6:30 pm

SINGLES SEMI-FINAL [5] G. Muguruza (ESP) vs [6] A. Kerber (GER) or C. Vandeweghe (USA)

DOUBLES SEMI-FINAL [1] M. Hingis (SUI) / S. Mirza (IND) vs [4] H. Chan (TPE) / Y. Chan (TPE) or J. Goerges (GER) / K. Pliskova (CZE)

The official websites for ticket sales are www.wuhanpen.org / www.4008702014.com or call +86 400 870 2014

About the 2015 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open:

Optics Valley International Tennis Centre, Wuhan, China

WTA Premier 5 event

Qualifying Sept. 25 & 26 – Main Draw Sept 27 – Oct 3, 2015

Prize Money: US$ 2,513,000

56 Singles Main Draw, 32 Qualifying Draw, 28 Doubles Draw

Topics: Angelique Kerber, Coco Vandeweghe, Garbine Muguruza, Johanna Konta, Karolina Pliskova, Ladies tennis, Roberta Vinci, Sports, Tennis Results, Venus Williams, Wta, Wuhan Open

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