Overview

• Defending champion Coco Gauff beat Germany’s Eva Lys 6-3, 6-4 to reach her third straight China Open semifinal and improve to 14-1 in Beijing.
• Amanda Anisimova rallied past Jasmine Paolini 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4 in 2 hours 47 minutes, marking her sixth semifinal of the season and continuing a career-best campaign.
• The semifinal creates an all-American clash between Gauff and Anisimova, pitting the world No. 3 against the world No. 4 in Beijing.
• Anisimova’s victory secured her first WTA Finals berth in Riyadh and, via the points cascade, confirmed Madison Keys’ qualification.
• Five players are now qualified for Riyadh — Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Gauff, Anisimova and Keys — with three places still contested by contenders including Jessica Pegula, Mirra Andreeva, Elena Rybakina and Paolini after a draw reshaped by Sabalenka’s withdrawal and Swiatek’s earlier exit.