Svitolina storms into Wuhan Open quarters

WUHAN, China, October 16 ------ 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, 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, seventh-seeded Iga Swiatek was scheduled to play Ashlyn Krueger.

Source: mb.com.ph