The WTA 1000 de Wuhan delivered its verdict this Sunday. Dauphine dIga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka showed that she is the boss of the circuit at the moment by bending Qinwen Zheng, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. Titled in 2018 and 2019, the Belarusian achieved the hat-trick five years later. As a reminder, no edition of the tournament has taken place since 2019. Sparkling, Sabalenka won her 17th career title, a 4th in 2024. It is also her 7th WTA 1000 title, the second this year after Cincinnati. Sabalenka is only 69 points from the throne ofIga Swiatek… The hunt promises to be exciting over the coming weeks. The Pole will have to defend the points from her title at the WTA Finals last year. Sabalenka seems promised for the number 1 spot.
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Sabalenka scores a magnificent hat-trick
We have to go back to 2017 to find any trace of a winner not named “Aryna Sabalenka” has Wuhan. Certainly, Covid-19 has been there, and the tournament was stopped for four years, but the Belarusian, titled in 2018 and 2019, is comfortable in Chine. After crushing Magdalena Frech in quarters, she had put an end to the good series of Coco Gauffwho remained undefeated in Chine for nine matches thanks to his title Beijing. Above all, she had performed a small miracle against Gauff by turning the tide after being led 6-1, 4-2. Sabalenka has come a long way and deprived Zheng of glory at home. The Chinese dreamed of being the first representative of her country crowned in Wuhan. Dream rejected. 7th in the Race, the finalist of theAustralian Open still comes very close to the WTA Finals. She will have to achieve some victories Ningbo next week to ensure his presence in Saudi Arabia.
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🠆 Sabalenka triumph in Wuhan!. pic.twitter.com/G3HAfM8mMC— beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_FR) October 13, 2024
The result of this Sunday in Wuhan:
Center Court
From 11 a.m.
[1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) – [5] Qinwen Zheng (CHN) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
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