Wuhan WTA - Premier 5 tournament

This week four tournaments will be contested across the ATP and WTA Tours. The big one is the Premier 5 event in Wuhan which actually started on Sunday.

Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open - a WTA Premier 5 category tournament, on Hard Deco Turf, in Wuhan, China, 22-28 September 2019.

Defending champion:

Aryna Sabalenka who defeated Anett Kontaveit 6-3 6-3

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

- Bianca Andreescu replaced by Karolina Muchova 

- Julia Goerges replaced by Kristina Mladenovic 

- Anett Kontaveit replaced by Camila Giorgi 

- Marria Sakkari replaced by Marie Bouzková 

- Carla Suárez Navarro replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich 

- Lesia Tsurenko replaced by Jessica Pegula 

- Marketa Vondrousova replaced by Wang Yafan 

- Zheng Saisai replaced by Polona Hercog 

Ashleigh Barty, world number 1, is top seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 23

The top eight seeds have first round byes.

First round results

- Caroline Garcia defeated Daria Kasatkina 6-2 6-2

- Barbora Strycova defeated wildcard Wang Xiyu 6-4 6-2

- Wildcard Elena Rybakina defeated qualifier Zhu Lin 7-5 2-6 6-0

- Aryna Sabalenka (9) defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1 6-2

- Danielle Collins defeated wildcard Venus Williams 7-5 7-6(5)

- Qualifier Bernarda Pera defeated qualifier Jennifer Brady 6-4 3-6 6-4

- Polona Hercog defeated Jessica Pegula 6-0 6-1

- Sloane Stephens (10) defeated Zhang Shuai 7-5 6-4

- Dayana Yastremska defeated Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6(5) 6-2