Tennis Tracker: Muchova targeting Beijing semi-final spot, Shanghai Masters continues

[p][b]07:40 CET - [/b]Good morning and welcome back to our live coverage of the Beijing Open and Shanghai Masters![/p][p]The WTA 1000 event in Beijing has reached the quarter-final stage, with several of the world's top players looking to reach the last four.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/bartunkova-n-84ILHaZ4/muchova-k-Or4Qa1ye/?mid=0O5NGGR0"]Up first at [b]09:00 CET [/b]is an all-Czech clash[/a], as Wimbledon finalist and world number eight [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a] takes on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Aryna Sabalenka[/a]'s conqueror, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bartunkova-nikola/84ILHaZ4/"]Nikola Bartunkova[/a].[/p][image alt="Win probability" id="5a8912fc-0b13-4613-8f6d-fc63ebbc12d8" credit-line="Flashscore" hidden-attrs="alt, credit" guid="5115a9c1-ae83-481c-a68f-b72166f8d703" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The pair have never played each other before, but Muchova, who won a maiden 1000 title at the start of the year in Doha, will be the favourite to reach the semi-finals. For Bartunkova, it is her first appearance in the quarter-finals of a 1000 event.[/p][p]That will be followed by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/alexandrova-e-dzbgeEFF/andreeva-m-lI6fOOat/?mid=rPhqXvBC"]another meeting between two players from the same nation[/a] - Russia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Mirra Andreeva[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alexandrova-ekaterina/dzbgeEFF/"]Ekaterina Alexandrova[/a].[/p][p]Interestingly, Alexandrova leads the head-to-head 2-0 over the Roland Garros champion, but they have never played on a hard court before.[/p][embed guid="45eec2b9-d501-4c80-b2d2-12ef5645c4d1" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2107857640474759484" social-type="twitter" /][p]Over to the ATP Shanghai Masters and it is another action-packed day of first-round action. The first match of the day has just concluded, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tsitsipas-stefanos/hb6oWfc6/"]Stefanos Tsitsipas[/a] made light work of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/coppejans-kimmer/67EJxseJ/"]Kimmer Coppejans[/a], winning in just over an hour and avoiding any embarrassment.[/p][p]It is another good opportunity in Shanghai for the Greek to get his career back on track after an encouraging run to the fourth round at the US Open.[/p][p]Still to come this morning in Shanghai, big-name players such as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hurkacz-hubert/zuHOBnY9/"]Hubert Hurkacz[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arnaldi-matteo/hlVLAfZK/"]Matteo Arnaldi[/a] and later on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/norrie-cameron/pvzhJGY8/"]Cameron Norrie[/a] are all in first-round action.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/atp-singles/shanghai/"]Follow all the first-round action from the ATP Shanghai Masters[/a][/b].[/p]