Overview

• Navarro defeated Swiatek 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 in the fourth round in Beijing to reach her first WTA 1000 quarter-final of the season.
• Swiatek committed 70 unforced errors, the second-most of her career in a WTA 1000 match, and lost a deciding set 6-0 for the third time this year.
• Navarro will face No. 5 seed Jessica Pegula next after Pegula outlasted Marta Kostyuk in three sets.
• The loss ends Swiatek’s eight-match winning run following her Korea Open title and marks her first defeat at the China Open after winning the event on her previous appearance in 2023.
• By reaching the last 16, Swiatek earned 120 ranking points and remains roughly 2,457 points behind Sabalenka, with the Wuhan Open next week offering another opportunity.