Caroline garcia into semis of the 2017 China open

BEIJING, China 
Caroline Garcia needed over three hours and three titanic sets, but the Frenchwoman kept both her China Open campaign, and chance to qualify for the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global, alive on Friday with a mammoth victory over No.3 seed Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinals.

With her 60th winner of the match, Garcia clinched a 6-7(5), 7-5, 7-6(6) victory over the World No.3 to stretch her winning streak to nine straight matches and reach her second straight semifinal in China.