Overview
- Clara Tauson stopped at 3-1 in the third set with a right thigh issue after splitting sets 6-3, 1-6 against Jasmine Paolini.
- Paolini had opened her Wuhan campaign with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 comeback over home wild card Yue Yuan.
- With the result, Paolini currently holds eighth in the WTA Race, the last qualifying berth for Riyadh, narrowly ahead of Elena Rybakina.
- The No. 7 seed will face the winner of Iga Swiatek versus Belinda Bencic in Friday’s quarterfinals.
- Paolini also remains active in doubles with Sara Errani, scheduled to meet Bianca Andreescu and Yue Yuan later today.