Kiki Bertens News
Men`s defending champion Rafa Nadal and women`s world number one Ashleigh Barty have opted against travelling to New York to play the hardcourt Grand Slam.
The online competition was held in the virtual Manolo Santana Stadium on PlayStation 4's Tennis World Tour.
World number eight Bertens made a slow start and fell 4-0 behind in the opening set after serving five double faults in two games.
Czech's Karolina Pliskova is standing at the third place ahead of Romania's Simona Halep and Dutch tennis star Kiki Bertens in this week's unchanged top 10, Sport24 reported.
The 21-year-old Japanese was scheduled to face sixth seed Kiki Bertens after coming through two matches on Thursday in the rain-affected tournament but said she was forced to withdraw due to pain and swelling at the base of her thumb.
The 21-year-old Japanese slumped to a 6-3, 2-6, 5-7 defeat at the hands of Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in the last-eight clash to bow out of the Madrid Open.
Bertens looked dominant throughout the summit showdown as she eased past reigning French Open champion Halep 6-4, 6-4 in almost one and a half hour to lift the title.
Sakkari will now be up against fifth seed Wozniacki in the quarter-final of the tournament.
Both players made 33 unforced errors each, but Bertens won 79 percent of her first serve points and sent down eight aces and 27 winners compared to 16 from Vekic.
Bertens has had her best year on tour to date, winning three titles and reaching the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
Georges defeated Bertens to reach her first grand slam semifinal.
Williams' defeat continued the horror show for women's seeds at Wimbledon as only two of the top 10 - world number one Simona Halep and number seven Karolina Pliskova - are still in the tournament.
France`s Alize Cornet upset her top-seeded compatriot Caroline Garcia 5-7 6-1 6-4 at the Charleston Open on Thursday to set up a quarter-final with Kiki Bertens, who defeated qualifier Fanny Stollar in straight sets earlier in the day.
Venus, ranked eighth in the world, will battle for a quarterfinal berth against defending champion Johanna Konta, a 6-2, 6-1 winner over Belgian Elise Mertens.
Serena Williams continued her tennis comeback with a 7-6(5) 7-5 win over Kiki Bertens at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday, setting up a third-round encounter with her sister Venus.
Hours after battling past Kiki Bertens 6-3, 7-6(6) to advance to the quarterfinals, the 24-year-old Spanish top seed withdrew with a right thigh injury.
Serena Williams would capture her third victory in four years here if she wins in the final.
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