The second round of the women's singles of the 2024 Wuhan Open tennis tournament is over, and the No. 3 seed in the tournament, Paulini, eliminated Yuan Yue 2-0 and took the last train to advance. So far, all the top 16 seats in the Wuhan Open have been released, and only Zheng Qinwen and Wang Xinyu are left in China's Jinhua to advance, and Sabalenka, Gauff, and Pegula have successfully advanced to the third round, and No. 6 seed Navarro and No. 7 seed Krejcikova are all out of the first round.
The top 16 matches of the Wuhan Open are as follows:
Upper Half:
[1] Sabalenka vs Putinseva
Maya vs Fletcher
[4] Gauff vs Kostyuk
Linette vs Kasatkina 8
Lower Half:
[5] Zheng Qinwen vs Fernandez
E-Andreeva vs Bollini [3]
Alexandrova vs Baptiste
Wang Xinyu vs Pegula【2】
In the top half, top seed Sabalenka comfortably progressed, and her next round opponent is Putintseva, who knocked out Vekic in the next round, and the two will face up to the eye. Maya have been in good form recently, and were originally facing No. 6 seed Navarro in the next round, but Navarro lost 2-1 to Fletcher and suffered a first-round out.
In addition, Gauff, who had just won the China Open, swept Tomova 6-1, 6-2 to make her debut at the Wuhan Open, where she faced No. 13 seed Kostyuk in the next round, who received a retirement gift from Anisimova and advanced without a fight
In the second half, the Chinese players were mixed, Zheng Qinwen and Wang Xinyu advanced, and Yuan Yue was eliminated in advance.
Tens of thousands of spectators witnessed her wonderful performance, defeating Christian with a score of 6-2/6-4, and advancing to the top 16 of the Wuhan Open for the first time in her career, while winning 120 points and 260,000 yuan in bonuses. In addition, Zheng Qinwen set a new personal record for the total number of wins in the year with 40 wins, and with a two-point advantage, he surpassed Navarro to become seventh in the WTA Championship Points Ranking (WTA Race), and was closer to entering the year-end finals.
In the next round, Zheng Qinwen will face Fernandez, who is very strong, and it will not be easy for Zheng Qinwen to advance to the quarterfinals.
Wang Xinyu came back from behind to defeat lucky loser Blanzetti 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, and the next round opponent is second seed Pegula, with the only previous meeting between the two coming in the second round of Wimbledon this year, when China's Jinhua won in three sets