British participant Katie Boulter was pressured to battle within the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open with Chinese language participant Wang Xiyu.
Bolt defeated Wang Zhizhi 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 in 2 hours and 14 minutes, persevering with her good kind in Asia.
The 28-year-old from Leicestershire, who reached the semi-finals of the Japan Open final week, is having fun with the very best season of his profession, profitable two WTA Tour titles and reaching a brand new excessive of 27 on the earth.
After saving 5 break factors within the third recreation, Bolt misplaced serve after two video games, however then chased the rating to 4-4 and scored 12 factors in a row.
The 23-year-old Wang Weiwei bought her first probability within the tie-break, however Bolt held agency and gained the second set level. After dropping the break benefit within the second set, she fought again strongly and secured her place within the quarterfinals.
“That was a hell of a recreation,” Bolt mentioned in an on-court interview.
“She’s an unbelievable opponent and by no means provides up. To her credit score, she retains hitting the ball and he or she’s very gifted. She made me work actually exhausting at the moment and I am not pleased with it to be sincere.
“She has a brilliant future forward of her, that is for certain. I’ve to remain there so long as I can and I am happy with myself at the moment.”
Bolt will now look to match final week’s efficiency in Tokyo, the place she’s going to play seventh seed Varvara Gracheva or Tatiana Prozorova.
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