Tennis Tracker: Andreeva facing Bartunkova in Beijing semis, Fritz in Shanghai action

[p][b]08:13 CET -[/b] Fifth seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/medvedev-daniil/O8qG0Nhb/"]Daniil Medvedev[/a] is the first winner of the day in Shanghai, with the former champion recovering from a slow start to see off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/struff-jan-lennard/Ek3bDDo2/"]Jan-Lennard Struff[/a] in three sets, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/medvedev-d-O8qG0Nhb/struff-j-l-Ek3bDDo2/?mid=jsY3lAwe"]4-6, 6-4, 6-3[/a].[/p][p]Having been defaulted from his last match - a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/djokovic-n-AZg49Et9/medvedev-d-O8qG0Nhb/?mid=lEJ8JcmC"]semi-final defeat to Novak Djokovic[/a] in Beijing - Medvedev looked in fine nick against Struff, firing down 40 winners and converting 88% of points behind his first serve.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="ce739667-4fb2-4432-877a-a4b298684f45" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="45a9308b-6e72-43e0-9d77-9e348049872c" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Spain's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jodar-rafael/OdngshVK/"]Rafael Jodar[/a] and Czechia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lehecka-jiri/6PlgfXKR/"]Jiri Lehecka[/a] have also progressed at the Shanghai Masters after battling wins over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tirante-thiago-agustin/jBkGDj34/"]Thiago Agustin Tirante[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/borges-nuno/hzbEPIOa/"]Nuno Borges[/a], respectively.[/p][p][b]07:30 CET - [/b]Good morning and welcome to our coverage of today's tennis in Beijing and Shanghai![/p][p]It's women's semi-finals day at the China Open, with fourth seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Mirra Andreeva[/a] taking on surprise package [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bartunkova-nikola/84ILHaZ4/"]Nikola Bartunkova[/a] in a couple of hours at [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/andreeva-m-lI6fOOat/bartunkova-n-84ILHaZ4/?mid=fkiJMkQH"]09:00 CET[/a][/b].[/p][p]The French Open champion is contesting her fourth WTA 1000 semi-final, and is the strong favourite against Bartunkova, despite the Czech rising star seeing off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Aryna Sabalenka[/a] earlier in the tournament.[/p][p]Following that clash, home favourite [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zheng-qinwen/xCyEhjAS/"]Qinwen Zheng[/a] continues her recent resurgence as she takes on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mertens-elise/Y1ZrrUtl/"]Elise Mertens[/a], who has impressively dispatched [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Iga Swiatek[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a] en route to the last four.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/tennis-wta-china-open-semi-finals-preview-zheng-facing-mertens-andreeva-meeting-bartunkova/dK9kJFfD/"]Read more on both semi-finals here![/a][/b][/p][embed guid="07a3ee12-1444-43d5-b2b0-80901b59c9e7" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2108561165215465521" social-type="twitter" /][p]Meanwhile, in Shanghai, fourth seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/auger-aliassime-felix/CzXh4LAb/"]Felix Auger-Aliassime[/a], Spanish sensation [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jodar-rafael/OdngshVK/"]Rafael Jodar[/a] and 2019 champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/medvedev-daniil/O8qG0Nhb/"]Daniil Medvedev[/a] are currently on court for their opening matches of the tournament.[/p][p]Later on, recently crowned Tokyo champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Carlos Alcaraz[/a] takes on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cerundolo-juan-manuel/A93TM7BR/"]Juan Manuel Cerundolo[/a], while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vacherot-valentin/rFqoSYd8/"]Valentin Vacherot[/a] begins his title defence against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baez-sebastian/dd8jLjtO/"]Sebastian Baez[/a].[/p][p][b]Check out the full schedules in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/wta-singles/beijing/"]Beijing[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/atp-singles/shanghai/"]Shanghai[/a] via the links![/b][/p][embed guid="38a2653d-011a-4b76-8a13-6abdec80413a" url="https://x.com/SH_RolexMasters/status/2108760626679992682" social-type="twitter" /]