Wuhan Open: Linette through to last 16
The Pole benefited from the abandonment of Lesia Tsurenko on Wednesday. She’ll face Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 8 seed, next
Pole Magda Linette reached the last 16 of the Wuhan Open when Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko retired on Wednesday at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center.
Linette, ranked No 45, led 5-2 when Tsurenko, ranked No 96, pulled out with discomfort in her right arm.
The Pole will face Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 8 seed, next.
Magda Linette defeated Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 11 seed (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Wuhan tournament.
In the previous round of the Wuhan tournament, the 35-year-old Ukrainian won against Katie Boulter (6-2, 7-5).
Wuhan WTA 1000, other second-round results (Optics Valley International Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.221.715, most recent results first):
- Yue Yuan vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Erika Andreeva
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Jessica Pegula
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Xinyu Wang
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Coco Gauff vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Magdalena Frech vs. Emma Navarro
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Hailey Baptiste (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (7): 6-3, 7-5
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Donna Vekic
- Daria Kasatkina beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-4, 1-6, 6-1