Magda Linette has advanced to the fourth round of the WTA 1000 hard court tournament in Beijing. The Polish tennis player defeated this year’s French Open and Wimbledon runner-up, Italian Yasmine Paolini, seeded third, 6:4, 6:0.

This was the third match for the Polish woman against the Italian and the second win for Linette. Paolini avenged her defeat in the second round of the Olympic Games in Paris.

The next opponent for the Poznań player, ranked 31st, will be the winner of the confrontation between Russian Mira Andreeva and Croatian Donna Vekic.

Magdalena Fręch also reached the fourth round in Beijing. However, the top of the world rankings, last year’s winner Iga Svetek, is not playing in the tournament.