Andreeva cruises into Beijing final with dominant win over surprise package Bartunkova

[p][b]"I wanted to play aggressive today," [/b]said the 19-year-old Russian, ranked five in the world.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Andreeva[/a] raced into a 4-0 lead in the first set in Beijing as 34th-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bartunkova-nikola/84ILHaZ4/"]Bartunkova[/a] double-faulted twice before giving away the fourth game.[/p][p]The 20-year-old Czech made 20 unforced errors across the 74-minute match and was outplayed by the French Open champion, who sent down 27 winners.[/p][p]Bartunkova saved the first match point but Andreeva [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/andreeva-m-lI6fOOat/bartunkova-n-84ILHaZ4/?mid=fkiJMkQH"]triumphed on the second without much more fuss[/a].[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="478942a1-7777-427c-af3f-b64385f8f11d" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="c8a52bbc-509c-4a00-9ffa-7c13463382b2" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b]"She's a very tricky opponent to play against... she sometimes manages to hit rockets out of nowhere,"[/b] Andreeva said.[/p][p][b]"I tried to be brave no matter what,"[/b] she said, adding that she calmed some nerves by playing the card game Uno with her coach before the semi-final.[/p][p]At four Andreeva is the highest-seeded player left in the tournament after a run of upsets saw the departures of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Elena Rybakina[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Aryna Sabalenka[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a].[/p]