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Leylah Fernandez got a tough opener in Wuhan, where she met No. 12 seed Diana Shnaider of Russia.
On the plus side, Fernandez had a 6-1, 6-4 win over Shnaider this past summer in Cincinnati. So that was a potential confidence-builder.
That was actually the last match she’d won; she lost a third-set tiebreak to Jessica Pegula in the next round there, the quarterfinals. They she was shocked in Cleveland. Then she was shocked by Anastasia Potapova at the US Open.
Then she was shocked by Peyton Stearns in her opener in Beijing.
But this time, she was able to turn it round, mostly on her more extensive experience.
(Wuhan is 12 hours ahead of EDT)
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Location: Wuhan, China
Category: WTA 1000
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Oct. 7 – 13, 2024
Prize money: $8,955,610
Draws: S96 – D32
Monday, Oct. 7, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
Canadian content
Seeds advancing
[9] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) def. Madison Keys (USA) 76 (7) 62
[10] Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def. [Q] Anna Bondar (HUN) 61 63
[15] Donna Vekic (CRO) def Elise Mertens (BEL) 36 61 63
Qualifiers and LLs
[LL] Erika Andreeva (RUS) def Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 75 64
[Q] Hailey Baptiste (USA) def Diane Parry (FRA) 64 75
[Q] Bernarda Pera (USA) def. [PR] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 62 46 62
Other results
Magdalena Frech (POL) def. [Q] Mai Hontama (JPN) 60 64
Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def [WC] Katie Volynets (USA) 57 63 75
Yuan Yue (CHN) def. [LL] Clara Burel (FRA) 16 64 62
Wang Xinyu (CHN) def Caroline Dolehide (USA) 64 60
Postponed
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) vs. [WC] Alexandra Eala (PHI)
Doubles, first round
Asia Muhammad / Jessica Pegula (USA) def Giuliana Olmos (MEX) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) 64 64
[WC] Tang Qianhui / Wang Xiyu (CHN) def [WC] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) / Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 62 61
Marie Bouzkova / Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) def Shuko Aoyama / Eri Hozumi (JPN) 76 (7) 64
Guo Hanyu / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) def Miyu Kato (JPN) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) 62 61
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