29th seed Liudmila Samsonova beat Linda Fruhvirtova in the round of 64 at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing, 6-2 3-6 6-3, and moved on.
The match turned after the opening set
Samsonova took the first set comfortably on the scoreboard, but in the second set Fruhvirtova brought the match back level. In the deciding set, Samsonova again gained the upper hand and closed out the victory.
The set scores show the different shape of the match: Samsonova had the more convincing start, Fruhvirtova responded in the second set, and the outcome was decided in the third.
At this tournament, before meeting Samsonova, Fruhvirtova had come through the round of 128, where she beat Zhuoxuan Bai 6-2 6-3. According to api.tennis, the match between Samsonova and Fruhvirtova was the first head-to-head meeting for the players.