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Mertens shines during one of the weeks of her life: she also takes down Swiatek

Carlos Navarro - 9 Oct 2026
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Mertens and a brutal victory in Beijing.

Elise Mertens signed what is likely one of the best victories of her sporting career this morning. An imperial triumph for the Belgian over Iga Swiatek in the quarter-finals of the WTA Beijing 2026, dealing a heavy blow to the Polish player's aspirations to reach the WTA Finals and delivering a complete performance, attacking every short ball to dominate Iga ruthlessly (7-6(0), 6-3). 

Some may be surprised by the result of the initial tiebreak: Elise was a true whirlwind who swept over Iga, and that sudden death is just a small capsule of what the entire match was like. The truth is the Belgian brought out the roller and posted numbers that are out of the ordinary: she didn’t give away a single break point throughout the match, hit 24 winners, and conceded only eleven unforced errors while losing just five points with her first serve. She didn’t let the Polish player breathe at any moment, who struggled to impose her forehand and was constantly behind the baseline.

These are the WTA Beijing 2026 semifinals

Thus, Mertens continues to bear fruit in what is already, for many, the best year of her sporting career: rarely has she shown such precision as this season, and these semifinals accompany her quarter-finals at Wimbledon. She is the last semifinalist in Beijing: her next match will be against Qinwen Zheng, who has taken advantage of her wildcard status and shows that, if her physique holds up, we are talking about a player destined to be in the final rounds of major tournaments.

On the other hand, Saturday's menu will feature two promising players who will provide us with an exciting generational duel: Mirra Andreeva, who returns to the semifinals of a tournament after Roland Garros, and Nikola Bartunkova, ready to break through her glass ceiling. Grab your popcorn, as a day of intense tennis is coming up.

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