Overview

• Aryna Sabalenka rallied past Rebecca Sramkova 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 to reach the last 16, pushing her Wuhan record to 18-0 and becoming only the second player this century to win her first 18 matches at a single WTA event; she next meets Liudmila Samsonova.
• Coco Gauff overwhelmed Moyuka Uchijima 6-1, 6-0 in 51 minutes, dropping no break points and setting a round-of-16 match against Zhang Shuai.
• Jessica Pegula edged Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6), converting her seventh match point after twice failing to serve it out; she faces Ekaterina Alexandrova next.
• Naomi Osaka earned her first Wuhan match win by defeating Leylah Fernandez 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, matching her 2019 mark with a seventh comeback-from-a-set-down victory this season; she plays Linda Noskova in round two.
• Amanda Anisimova withdrew with a left calf injury after her Beijing title run, while heat contributed to Karolina Muchova’s mid‑match retirement against Magdalena Frech.