Mirra Andreeva beat Polina Kudermetova 6-4 6-1 in the round of 32 at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing to reach the round of 16. The tournament is played on hard courts with a prize fund of $9.4 million. Andreeva is seeded fourth and sits fifth in the rankings with 5841 points. Kudermetova, representing Uzbekistan, was unseeded and is ranked 102nd with 730 points (according to rank.tennis).
The first set was the tightest of the match, with Andreeva taking it 6-4. The gap widened significantly in the second set. Andreeva conceded just one game to her opponent to close out the match 6-1.
Path through the draw
This was Andreeva's second win in Beijing. In the round of 64 she dropped the first set to Yue Yuan 3-6 before winning the next two 6-0 6-0. At her previous tournament in Singapore, Andreeva beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2 6-2 in the second round before losing to Leylah Fernandez 2-6 5-7 in the quarterfinal.
Before this match, Kudermetova had played two three-set matches in Beijing. In the round of 128 she beat Ye-Xin Ma 6-7(2) 6-3 6-2, and in the round of 64 she got the better of Clara Tauson 6-4 4-6 6-4. The head-to-head between the two players, according to api.tennis, now stands at 1-0 in Andreeva's favor.