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Patna : Top seed Ashleigh Barty, Australia, 3rd seed Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 5th seed Petra Kvitová, Czech Republic, and 9th seed Aryna Sabalenka, have entered the quarter-finals of WTA Wuhan Open at Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, on September 25, 2019. Reigning Wimbledon Champion Simona Halep, Romania, retired due to injury in first set in her Round of 16 match against Elena Rybakina, 20, Kazakhstan, trailing 4-5.
Barty beat World No 17 Sofia Kenin, 20, USA, 6-3, 7-5 in Round of 16. Barty fired 7 Aces in the match to 2 by 15th seed Kenin. The American committed 6 double faults to 4 by the Australian. Barty, the French Open Champion, won 5 break points to 3 by Kenin. She also won 4 games in a row in the match to 2 by the American. Barty will face World No 22 Petra Martic, 28, Croatia, in the QFs on September 26, 2019. Martic beat World No 45 Veronika Kudermetova, 22, Russia, 6-3, 6-1 to enter the QFs.
Svitolina beat World No 69 Svetlana Kuznetsova, 34, Russia, 6-4, 6-2 to enter the QFs. Svitolina won 5 break points in the match to 2 by Kuznetsova, the winner of 2 Grand Slam titles. The Russian Committed 5 double faults to 3 by Svitolina. Svitolina won 4 games in a row to 2 by the Russian. Svitolina will face World No 35 Alison Riske, USA, in the QFs.
Kvitová beat 2017 US Open champion and World No 15 Sloane Stephens, USA, 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the QFs. Kvitová fired 6 Aces in the match to none by Steohens. Kvitová also won 3 break points in the match besides winning 3 games in a row. Kvitová will face World No 27 Dayana Yastremska, 19, Ukraine, in the QFs.
Dayana upset World No 2 Karolina Pliskova, 27, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-4 to reach QFs. Dayana won 3 break points in the match. Dayana fired 6 Aces in the match to 3 by Pliskova. She also won 3 games in a row.
World No 14 Sabalenka beat 6th seed Kiki Bertens, 27, Netherlands, theWorld No 8, 6-1, 7-6 to enter the QFs. Sabalenka, 21, fired 8 Aces in the match to 3 by Bertens.Sabalenka won 4 break points to 2 by Bertens.