Overview

• World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka rallied past Rebecca Sramkova 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 to reach Wuhan’s last 16 and move to 18-0 at the event, setting up a meeting with Liudmila Samsonova.
• Coco Gauff cruised 6-1, 6-0 over Moyuka Uchijima, and Jessica Pegula saved seven match points to edge Hailey Baptiste; Pegula faces Ekaterina Alexandrova and Gauff meets Zhang Shuai.
• After an opening win over Leylah Fernandez, Naomi Osaka fell to Linda Noskova, who now faces Elena Rybakina in the round of 16.
• Heat and humidity continued to bite in Wuhan, with Karolina Muchova retiring mid-match, while recent China Open champion Amanda Anisimova withdrew with a left calf injury.
• In Shanghai, Alex de Minaur beat Nuno Borges to reach the quarterfinals and notch his 50th win of 2025, with Daniil Medvedev, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Arthur Rinderknech also through as Novak Djokovic advanced despite in-match illness and an ankle issue to face Zizou Bergs.