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The top eight seeds, who had first-round byes, hit the courts on Wednesday in Wuhan.

That includes Beijing champion Coco Gauff, No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka, No. 2 Jessica Pegula and many, many more.

Meanwhile, Leylah Fernandez – who pulled off a nice upset over No. 12 seed Diana Shnaider in the first round, looked to beat a lucky loser and get to the final 16 – and did, barely.

And top doubles seeds Dabrowski and Routliffe finally got to play and overcame a bagel in the first set.

And the Andreeva sisters met for the first time. With the older, lower-ranked sister winning. A lot of drama.

ATP Tour – Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024 final results

(Wuhan is 12 hours ahead of EDT)

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Dongfeng Voyah – Wuhan Open
Location: Wuhan, China
Category: WTA 1000
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Oct. 7 – 13, 2024
Prize money: $8,955,610
Draws: S96 – D32

Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024
Final results

Singles, second round

Canadian content

Leylah Fernandez (CAN) def. [LL] Kamila Rakhimova (RUS) 62 57 76 (4)

Walkovers and retirements

[2] Jessica Pegula (USA) def. Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 62 20 retd

[13] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def Amanda Anisimova (USA) WALKOVER

Magda Linette (POL) def [Q] Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 52 retd

Upsets

Magdalena Frech (POL) def [6] Emma Navarro (USA) 64 36 63

[Q] Hailey Baptiste (USA) def [7] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 63 75

Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def [10] Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 64 67 (2) 61

Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def [15] Donna Vekic (CRO) 64 36 64

[Q] Erika Andreeva (RUS) def [16] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) 63 61

Seeds advancing

[1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def. Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 64 64

[3] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def. Yue Yuan (CHN) 64 63

[4] Coco Gauff (USA) def. Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 61 62

[5] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def [WC] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 62 64

[8] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) def [Q] Bernarda Pera (USA) 64 16 64

[9] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) def Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 61 64

Other results

Wang Xinyu (CHN) def [LL] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 46 62 64

Doubles, second round

[1] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) vs. Wang Yafan / Xu Yifan (CHN) 06 64 [11-9]

Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) def Tang Qianhui / Wang Xiyu (CHN) 61 62

Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Irina Khromacheva (RUS) def Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) 46 60 [10-8]

Doubles, first round

[5] Elise Mertens (BEL) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) def. ~~Harriet Dart (GBR) / Ashlyn Krueger (USA)~~ [ALT] Elina Avanesyan (ARM) / Olivia Gadecki (AUS) 36 76 (2) [10-8]