Overview

• Jasmine Paolini beat Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 7-5 to make the Ningbo Open quarterfinals.
• She will face Belinda Bencic next; Bencic leads their head-to-head 2-1, though Paolini won their most recent meeting at the United Cup.
• The result strengthens Paolini’s bid for a WTA Finals berth by cutting into Andreeva’s advantage in the Live Race.
• Mirra Andreeva fell to China’s Zhu Lin 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in her opener, leaving her unable to add Ningbo points this week.
• Paolini converted five of six break points and won 64% of her second-serve points against Kudermetova, underpinning the straight-sets victory.