It was a heavy start for Peterson, who lost the first set in less than half an hour, 0-6. A promotion in the second set gave the jump again, Peterson won by 6-3 and sent the match to a decisive final set. There, however, the Croatian, ranked 22nd in the world, showed what a fine form she has when she stormed up to a 6-1 win and advance to the eighth final.
For Martic, the winner awaits the meeting between Russian Veronika Kudermetova and Swiss Belinda Bencic.
Instead, Rebecca Peterson has to reload for new challenges. Recently, the Swede took her first WTA title in singles when she won in Nanchang, before an injury kept her away from the tournament in Canton the following week. In fact, she failed to qualify for the star-studded tournament in Wuhan, but a late injury jump caused her to get a free spot at the last second.