Hong Kong Tennis Open results: Wang Qiang has ‘nothing to lose’ against Elina Svitolina in quarter-finals
China No 1 will go for broke against the world No 5 and top seed when they clash in the Hong Kong Open quarter-finals at Victoria Park on Friday
Wang Qiang plans on going for broke when she tackles top seed Elina Svitolina in the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open quarter-finals on Friday.
China’s No 1 continued her sparkling form with a 7-5, 6-1 win against American Christina McHale on Centre Court on Thursday, but knows she next faces a different beast altogether.
“I think I played really well tonight, I have nothing to lose for tomorrow so I will just try my best,” said world No 24 Wang, who admitted she is hoping to crack the top 20 next year.
World No 5 Svitolina cruised into the last eight with a 6-0, 6-3 destruction of Japan’s Nao Hibino. Asked if she had a game plan to nullify the Ukrainian’s strengths, Wang laughed and said: “Not really.”
She added: “Svitolina’s a really good player and I played against her at the US Open. So I think I need more patience to play against her.”
