Canada's Leylah Fernandez dropped a 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 decision to Zheng Qinwen of China in third-round singles play Thursday at the Wuhan Open but won her doubles match in straight sets. Fernandez, from Laval, Que.
Canada's Leylah Fernandez dropped a 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 decision to Zheng Qinwen of China in third-round singles play Thursday at the Wuhan Open but won her doubles match in straight sets.
Coco Gauff advanced to the singles quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-1 rout of 17th-ranked Marta Kostyuk in just over an hour. Next for Gauff is No. 45-ranked Magda Linette, who continued her impressive form this week by beating eighth-seeded Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-3. Wang had won their only previous meeting in three sets in the second round at Wimbledon earlier this year and got off to a fast start here by breaking Pegula twice in the opening set to take the lead.
Sabalenka, the reigning U.S. Open champion, is 13-0 in Wuhan after winning the title on her first appearance in 2018 and defending her crown in 2019 before the tournament took a five-year hiatus from the calendar due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.Top-ranked Jannik Sinner advanced to his fifth ATP Masters semifinal of the season as the Italian swept aside fifth-ranked Daniil Medvedev in straight sets at the Shanghai Masters on Thursday.
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