Julia Goerges of Germany reacts during her women's singles match against Kristina Mladenovic of France at the Zhuhai Elite Trophy tennis tournament in Zhuhai, in south China's Guangdong province on Friday. — AFP ZHUHAI, China, Nov 3 (AFP): Julia Goerges beat top seed Kristina Mladenovic 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) to reach the WTA Elite Trophy semi-finals and send the Frenchwoman tumbling out of the world top 10 on Friday.
The number seven seed joins American CoCo Vandeweghe, Australia's Ashleigh Barty, and Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia in the race to the final in Zhuhai, southern China.
Mladenovic needed a straight-sets win to reach the semis but instead went down in one hour, 36 minutes, ceding her number 10 ranking to America's CoCo Vandeweghe.
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