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10/15 02:45 CDT Elina Svitolina advances to the Wuhan Open quarterfinals with
win over local wild-card entry
Elina Svitolina advances to the Wuhan Open quarterfinals with win over local
wild-card entry
WUHAN, China (AP) --- Fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina broke Guo Hanyu's serve in
the opening and final games of the match and beat the Chinese wild-card entry
6-1, 6-4 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the Wuhan Open.
Svitolina lost in the quarterfinals at the China Open last week to eventual
champion Zheng Qinwen.
Guo had her first career top-20 win in the first round of the WTA 1,000-level
tournament in Wuhan, rallying from 6-1, 4-0 down and saving triple match point
in the second-set tiebreaker to upset 12th-seeded Sorana Cirstea 1-6, 7-6 (6),
7-5. Guo, ranked 240th, trailed 5-3 in the third set.
Wimbledon finalist and sixth-seeded Karolina Muchova lost 7-5, 6-3 to
11th-seeded Diana Shnaider in an earlier result.
On Wednesday, top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka and second-seeded Jessica Pegula lost
their second-round matches. It marked two straight losses for Sabalenka, who
was beaten by Nikola Bartunkova in the third round at the China Open last week
and had a bye in the opening round at Wuhan.
Among the later matches Thursday, seventh-seeded Iga Swiatek was scheduled to
play Ashlyn Krueger.
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