Videos - This week

World No. 7 Karolina Muchova survived a demanding Wuhan Open second-round battle on hard court, defeating No. 70 Caty McNally 3-6, 7-6(1), 7-6(4) after 2 hours 52 minutes in a match decided by two tense tiebreaks.

World No. 26 Leylah Fernandez overcame No. 28 Ekaterina Alexandrova 6/4, 3/6, 6/3 on hard court in a 2h26min Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open opener, extending her strong recent form and ending Alexandrova’s latest run.

World No. 11 Iva Jovic advanced past Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska, ranked 103rd, with a 6-4, 6-1 victory on hard court at the Wuhan Open. The result extends Jovic’s strong recent surface form while ending Yastremska’s campaign in Round 2.

World No. 170 Sonay Kartal delivered a commanding hard-court upset over No. 33 Jasmine Paolini at the Wuhan Open, winning 6-2, 6-0 in 62 minutes to reach the quarter-finals after defeating Belinda Bencic and Anhelina Kalinina.

Ranked 54th, Qinwen Zheng defeated No. 7 Elina Svitolina 6–3, 7–6(6) on hard court in the China Open quarterfinal. The 1-hour, 47-minute result extends Zheng’s strong recent run and ends Svitolina’s progress in Beijing.

World No. 22 Maja Chwalińska defeated No. 11 Iva Jovic 6-4, 6-1 on hard court in the Wuhan Open Round 3, extending her strong tournament run while ending Jovic’s recent winning momentum after a 1h49min contest.

Qinwen Zheng, ranked 54th, overcame 118th-ranked Alina Charaeva 6/1, 2/6, 6/4 on hard court in the China Open eighth-final. The 2h12min victory extended Zheng’s strong Beijing run while ending Charaeva’s notable progression through the draw.

Maria Sakkari, ranked 35th, defeated Slovakia’s Mia Pohánková, ranked 202nd, 6-1, 6-4 in 1 hour 23 minutes on the Wuhan Open hard court, reaching the next stage while extending her strong recent run against ranked opposition.

World No. 33 Jasmine Paolini overcame No. 29 Nikola Bartůňková 7-6(5), 6-3 on Wuhan’s hard courts. The 1-hour, 53-minute victory strengthens Paolini’s recent hard-court recovery while ending Bartůňková’s strong run against higher-ranked opposition.

World No. 6 Elina Svitolina overcame No. 43 Liudmila Samsonova 6/2, 5/7, 6/2 on hard court in 2h11min at the Wuhan Open. The Round 2 win strengthened Svitolina’s recent record against Samsonova and extended her progress at a key 2026 event.