Anabel medina garrigues

Spaniard Paula Badosa: No. 15 seed Spaniard Paula Badosa defeated wild card Zhang Shuai in the China Open quarterfinals, coming from 3-1 down to triumph 6-1, 7-6(4) here on Thursday.

Badosa advanced to her third semifinal in her past five tournaments, and has now won 28 of her last 35 matches from mid-May.

She marked her career eighth WTA 1000-level quarterfinal on Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-0 rout of No.2 seed and US Open finalist Jessica Pegula and became the fourth Spaniard to reach the quarterfinals of the China Open after Anabel Medina Garrigues, Carla Suarez Navarro and Garbine Muguruza, who did so in 2015.