Preview and players comparison.
Sorribes Tormo is not particularly a threatening player indoors, but she leads the head-to-head by a clean 2-0. She edged Linette, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6, in two hours and 48 minutes in the quarterfinal of Bogota in 2017, and needed to rally from a set deficit in the qualifyings of Wuhan in ...
Overview.
Watson owns a 6-8 win-loss in WTA quarterfinals. She has not got past such a hurdle in Asia since winning her maiden career title in 2012, Osaka. Linette is the firm favorite to end the Brit's unexpected run, having won the pair's first meeting just a few days ago in the qualifyings of Beijing, 6-2, 6-1, in ...
Overview.
Linette has not cleared the last-16 stage at the Chinese event in any of her four attempts, including last year, when she fell to Sabalenka in straight sets. She is likely to make it happen on Thursday. The Pole trails the series by 1-3 but won their latest clash in the qualifyings of 2017 New Haven.
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