On October 11, the 1/4 finals of the WTA1000 Wuhan Tennis Open began. The tournament's No. 2 seed Gauff will face Poland's Linette. Gauff easily defeated her opponent in straight sets 6-0, 6-4, to win nine consecutive victories in the Chinese season and reach the semifinals of the WTA1000 tournament for the eighth time in her career.
World Ranking:
Gauff is ranked 4th in the world and Linette is ranked 45th in the world.
Engagement Log:
The only previous meeting between the two was in the first round of the 2021 US Open, when Gauff came back from three sets to win the match.
Contest Recap:
Gauff broke Rinette's serve in the first set, saved three break points in the second game, and then broke twice in the third and fifth games to win the first set with six consecutive games.
In the second set, Gauff broke serve in the seventh game to take a 4-3 lead. Gauff missed three match points on Rinette's serve in the ninth game, but then saved a break point in the 10th game to hold serve to win the second set 6-4.
Next round opponents:
Gauff, who made it to the semi-finals, will face the winner of top seeds Sabalenka and Fletcher in the next round for a place in the final.