UK's Dart beats Badosa to safe uncommon semi-final place in China

British tennis participant Harriet Dart certified for a WTA semi-final for simply the second time in her profession after she got here from a set all the way down to beat Paula Badosa within the quarter-final of the Guangzhou Open on Friday.

The 30-year-old produced one of many greatest wins of her profession, getting back from a set all the way down to safe a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory and ebook her place within the remaining 4 of a WTA event for the primary time for the reason that Transylvania Open in 2024.

Dart needed to come by two rounds of qualifying earlier than beating Tatiana Prozorova, Janice Tjen and now Badosa, who needed to obtain medical consideration twice within the match. She is going to face both Xinran Solar or Claire Liu for a spot in her first WTA remaining.

In an on-court interview, Dart stated: "It was an unbelievable battle. I believed Paula began actually strongly. I used to be all the time behind, however I knew getting into that it was going to be an extremely powerful match.

"I actually wanted to hold in there within the powerful moments, and perhaps I'd get an opportunity. It's been a really very long time since I've been within the enterprise finish of a (WTA) event, so I'm very pleased with that."