Aryna Sabalenka has not lost a set at the China Open en route to the quarter-finals as the top seed eased past Madison Keys 6-4 6-3 on Wednesday.
Victory over American Keys puts Sabalenka two wins away from retaking the top spot from Iga Swiatek in the WTA Race rankings for the year-end championship in Riyadh - live on Sky Sports Tennis.
Red-hot Sabalenka has now reached the quarter-finals or better in 12 of the 15 events she's played this season.
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She moved into her third consecutive Beijing quarter-final and is bidding to make her first semi-final in the Chinese capital.
She will face either US Open semi-finalist Karolina Muchova or Spain's Cristina Bucsa next.
What's coming up on Sky Sports Tennis in October?
- Shanghai Masters - ATP 1000 (October 2-13)
- Wuhan Open - WTA 1000 (October 6-12 - Emma Raducanu in qualifying action)
- Almaty Open, Kazakhstan - ATP 250 (October 14-20)
- Stockholm Open, Sweden - ATP 250 (October 14-20)
- European Open, Antwerp - ATP 250 (October 14-20)
- Japan Open, Osaka - WTA 250 (October 14-20)
- Ningbo Open, China - WTA 500 (October 14-20)
- Erste Bank Open, Vienna - ATP 500 (October 21-27)
- Swiss Indoors, Basel - ATP 500 (October 21-27)
- Guangzhou Open, China - WTA 250 (October 21-27)
- Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis, Tokyo - WTA 500 (October 21-27)
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