{"id":21929,"date":"2025-10-04T18:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T18:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=21929"},"modified":"2025-10-04T18:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T18:04:08","slug":"anisimova-thrashes-gauff-to-reach-china-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=21929","title":{"rendered":"Anisimova thrashes Gauff to reach China Open final"},"content":{"rendered":"
US Open runner-up Amanda Anisimova crushed defending champion Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-2 in 58 minutes on Saturday to reach the China Open final and will face Linda Noskova.<\/p>\n

The 26th-seeded Noskova of the Czech Republic saved three match points in her semi-final to stun fifth seed Jessica Pegula in three sets.<\/p>\n

“I felt really good throughout the whole match,” third-seeded American Anisimova, beaten in the final in New York by Aryna Sabalenka a month ago, said.<\/p>\n

“All my shots were working today, which is my favourite way to play.<\/p>\n

“Coco’s a really tough player, so I knew I was gonna really have to step it up.”<\/p>\n

Read: https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2565210\/positivity-wins-as-anisimova-wills-way-into-us-open-final<\/p>\n

Anisimova said she was surprised to be back in another final so soon, having taken time off after the US Open and removing a tooth the day of her flight.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t really feel like I was match fit ahead of the tournament,” said the 24-year-old, who is one win away from a fourth career title.<\/p>\n

“I was like, is it a mistake that I’m flying there (Beijing) and everything’s just off to a bad start?<\/p>\n

“But I think I learned… when I’m not feeling my best physically or I’m facing a challenge, I actually play better because I don’t have as much pressure.”<\/p>\n

‘One of the best’<\/p>\n

Anisimova stormed into a 5-0 first-set lead in 15 minutes as an uncharacteristically shaky Gauff hit a slew of shots long and into the net.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old reigning French Open winner double-faulted twice to give Anisimova two set points before finally getting herself on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n

But it was far too little, far too late.<\/p>\n

Gauff’s nightmare continued in the second set as Anisimova again raced into a 5-0 lead over her compatriot.<\/p>\n

Gauff managed to close that deficit by two games but a commanding Anisimova closed out in less than an hour.<\/p>\n

It was Anisimova’s quickest win yet in the Chinese capital, where she pulled off two three-set comebacks.<\/p>\n

“She’s definitely one of the best,” Gauff said.<\/p>\n

“Today I would have liked to perform better and I need to step up my game.”<\/p>\n

Gauff’s only previous loss on Beijing’s centre Diamond Court had been to Poland’s world number two Iga Swiatek in 2023, also in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

“It’s been a great year for me,” Anisimova, who qualified for the WTA Finals this week in Beijing, added.<\/p>\n

Noskova ‘too happy’<\/p>\n

Noskova surprised the more fancied American Pegula 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (8\/6) to pull through in 2h 28min and will contest the biggest match of her career on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“(Pegula) played incredible,” Noskova, 20, said.<\/p>\n

“It was just two points away from a win or a lose.<\/p>\n

“I’m just too happy that I would win.”<\/p>\n

The two played smart over intense rallies, moving each other around the court.<\/p>\n

The deciding set was a nail-biter, with the more experienced Pegula double-faulting on match point, before they went to a tiebreak.<\/p>\n

“It was quite a tough match mentally and physically and everything else, so I’m just gonna cherish this win,” Noskova said.<\/p>\n

She is after the second title of her career and first at the 1000 level.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

US Open runner-up Amanda Anisimova crushed defending champion Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-2 in 58 minutes on Saturday to reach the China Open final and will face Linda Noskova. The 26th-seeded Noskova of the Czech Republic saved three match points in her semi-final to stun fifth seed Jessica Pegula in three sets. “I felt really good […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}