Bernarda Pera (USA) cruised through Shuai Zhang (China) to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 Guangzhou Open. The American tennis player defeated her opponent by 2-0 (6:2, 6:2) in 65 minutes to overcome the Round of 16.
The match started equally with both players winning their service games without giving a breakpoint to their opponent. Bernarda Pera was the first to record a break for 3:2, but in the next game started terribly giving three breakpoints to Shuai Zhang at 0-40. However, the American saved all of them and decisively won the game for 4:2. Bernarda Pera broke again for 5:2, which gave her confidence to win the next game “on zero” and close the set at 6:2.
In the second set, Bernarda Pera broke early for 2:1, but again needed to save two breakpoint at 15-40 in the next gae. However, she won it and confirmed the break, leading by 3:1. The American broke again for 5:2 and closed the set at her serve “on 15”.
In the next round, Bernarda Pera will face the top-seeded Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic), who earlier defeated Alycia Parks (USA) by 2-0 (6:1, 6:4) in 79 minutes of play.
