Kyoka Okamura beat Zhuoxuan Bai in the quarterfinals of the WTA 125 tournament in Suzhou to reach the semifinals. The hard-court match, which had a prize fund of $115,000, ended 6-1, 7-6(3), with Okamura winning in straight sets. The match score was reported by api.tennis.
Okamura takes the first set, second goes to a tiebreak
Okamura won the first set 6-1. The second was closer and went to a tiebreak, where the Japanese player prevailed 7-6(3) to close out the match in straight sets.
Zhuoxuan Bai also began her Suzhou campaign with three-set wins. In the round of 32, she beat Moyuka Uchijima 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; in the round of 16, she defeated Emerson Jones 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(3). Her run ended in the quarterfinals.
According to the rank.tennis rankings, Okamura is 265th with 275 points. Zhuoxuan Bai is higher, ranked 198th with 388 points. This was the players’ first head-to-head meeting, and the Japanese player won.