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Mirra Andreeva to face home favorite Zheng Qinwen in China Open final · Best of: Features

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Mirra Andreeva to face home favorite Zheng Chinwin in China Open Final.
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Beijing, the AP, Russian teenager Mira Andreva will face home favorite Zheng
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Chinwen in the final of
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the China Open after both players won their respective semifinal matches Saturday.
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Zheng defeated Elise Merton seven five six two and delighted the home
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supporters by becoming the first Chinese finalist in the tournament, which dates
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back to two thousand four. The 24-year-old Jung won eight of the
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last 10 games against Mertons to reach her second career WTA 1000
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final. Earlier Andreiva, The
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French Open Champion, earned her fiftieth match win of the season by
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beating Nikola Bartunkova six two six two. Number five ranked Andreva is
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set to move up two spots in next week's rankings. Her fifty
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match wins puts her in a tie with Jessica Pigla for most
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on tour, according to the WTA. The nineteen year old Andreva had
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defeated Bartunkova, a twenty year old Czech, played ranked number thirty four
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in the third round of the US Open in their only other
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meeting. See the AP's full tennis coverage here.