Bia Haddad wins the doubles and advances to the quarterfinals in Beijing

One day after being eliminated in the singles bracket, Beatriz Haddad Maia won another doubles match and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Beijing Tournament, alongside German Laura Siegemundthis Tuesday (1st). They beat the Hungarian Timea Babos and the Russian Yana Sizikova by 2 sets to 0, with partials of 6/4 and 6/3, in 1h18min of confrontation.

Next, Brazilian and German will face Italians Jasmine Paolini and Sara Erraniwho are the favorites in the confrontation. In addition to being seeded number five, they are the current Olympic champions in doubles. This Tuesday, they defeated Canadian Leyla Fernandez and Indonesian Aldila Sutjiadi by 7/6 (7/4) and 6/2.

Bia returned to the court in the Chinese capital this Tuesday after leaving the singles bracketin the second. She was eliminated by American Madison Keys in the third round, ending an unbeaten run of five games in this Asian tour. Bia was champion of the Seoul Tournament, in South Korea, the previous week.

With the matches in the doubles bracket, Brazil’s number 1 maintains her game pace with her eye on the WTA 1000 in Wuhan, China, where he will compete next week. The Brazilian is looking to add points to reach the WTA Finals, a tournament that ends the season and brings together the eight best tennis players of the year. At the moment, Bia is 17th on this list.