Badosa halts Zhang’s streak, advances to face Gauff in WTA 1000 semifinal showdown in Beijing
[ad_1] Thursday saw Paula Badosa stop Zhang Shuai’s fairytale run in front of a raucous home crowd to reach the China Open semi-finals, where she will meet Coco Gauff, who needed 3 sets to get past qualifier Yulia Starodubtseva. Badosa, the No 15 seed from Spain, survived a stern second-set test from Zhang, the Chinese…