By the end of the day, all semi-finalists will be known in Shanghai and Wuhan, as heavyweight names battle it out to take a major step closer to glory. The Tennis Tracker will, as usual, keep you updated with all the latest results and news.<\/p>\n
16:00 CET –\u00a0That’s all from us today on the Tennis Tracker, but be sure to tune in again tomorrow as the semi-finals get underway in Wuhan<\/a> and Shanghai<\/a>!<\/p>\n 14:57 CET – Daniil Medvedev<\/a> has continued an impressive run in Shanghai with a dominant 6-4, 6-4<\/a> victory against seventh seed Alex De Minaur<\/a> to book his place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n 14:15 CET – A huge win for Jasmine Paolini<\/a> in the race for the WTA finals after the Italian produced a brilliant performance to stun world number two Iga Swiatek<\/a> in Wuhan.\u00a0<\/p>\n Paolini outclassed Iga Swiatek in just over an hour to win 6-1, 6-2<\/a> to book her spot in the semi-finals and massively help her chances of reaching next month’s WTA finals in Riyadh.<\/p>\n 11:05 CET – Coco Gauff<\/a> had no issues cruising to a win over 37-year-old Laura Siegemund<\/a>, sealing a 6-3, 6-0<\/a> victory to move into the Wuhan last four. She will face the winner of Iga Swiatek vs Jasmine Paolini<\/a>, which gets underway in a little under two hours.<\/p>\n 10:42 CET – What a week it has been for Arthur Rinderknech<\/a>! The Frenchman is into his very first Masters 1000 semi-final, seeing off the in-form Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a> 6-3, 6-4<\/a> in Shanghai.<\/p>\n The 30-year-old is now projected to move up to a career-high 37 in the world rankings! Meanwhile, Auger-Aliassime’s chances of qualifying for the ATP Finals now look unlikely.<\/p>\n 08:37 CET – Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> continues to prove why she has NEVER lost a match in Wuhan, with the three-time defending champion putting in a supreme performance to ease to a 6-3, 6-3<\/a> victory over Elena Rybakina<\/a> in just under an hour and a half.<\/p>\n She will face Jessica Pegula<\/a> in the semi-finals, in a rematch of their US Open last-four meeting a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n For Rybakina, it is a major hit for her chances of qualifying for the WTA Finals, with Jasmine Paolini<\/a> currently ahead of her occupying that eighth and final spot.<\/p>\n 07:40 CET –\u00a0Good morning and welcome back to the Tennis Tracker this Friday, with some fantastic quarter-final action ahead of us in China!<\/p>\n There has already been one result from Wuhan, with Jessica Pegula<\/a> coming from behind to claim a 2-6, 6-0, 6-3<\/a> win over Katerina Siniakova<\/a>, moving into the semi-final as a result.<\/p>\n Currently on court, three-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> is facing Elena Rybakina<\/a> for a 13th time, with the former leading the head-to-head 7-5.<\/p>\n That will be followed by a meeting between Coco Gauff<\/a> and 37-year-old Laura Siegemund<\/a>, before Iga Swiatek<\/a> looks to improve her 6-0 record against Jasmine Paolini<\/a> in the last quarter-final.<\/p>\n Over in Shanghai, play begins at\u00a009:00 CET, as a revitalised Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a> comes up against another player in good form – Arthur Rinderknech<\/a> – for a semi-final spot.<\/p>\n The final last eight clash sees Daniil Medvedev<\/a> take on Alex De Minaur<\/a>, in what is sure to be an absolute slugfest!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By the end of the day, all semi-finalists will be known in Shanghai and Wuhan, as heavyweight names…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-191515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}