Sunday, 13 October 2024

Sabalenka wins Wuhan Open

Final day in Wuhan.

2024 Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open, a WTA 1000 tournament, on Hard Outdoor, Wuhan, China, 7-13 October 2024.

The last edition of the Wuhan Open was in 2019.
It wasn’t held in 2020 due to COVID, and hadn’t been held again until now,

2019 defending champion:
Aryna Sabalenka (9) who defeated Alison Riske 6-3 3-6 6-1

Final:

Aryna Sabalenka (1) (Belarus) v Zheng Qinwen (5) (China)

Sabalenka won all three of the previous meetings between the players.
Most recently it was a quarter final at the 2024 US Open.

Sabalenka broke serve in game six of set one and led 4-2.

Zheng Qinwen served at 2-5 to stay in the set, and held for 3-5.
Sabalenka served out the set 6-3.

Players exchanged breaks of serve in games three and four of set two.
Games were 2-2.

Sabalenka saved four break points in game six, before levelling at 3-3

Zheng Qinwen broke serve in game eight to lead 5-3.
Sabalenka broke back for 4-5.

Sabalenka served at 5-6 to stay in the set but was broken, and Zheng Qinwen won the set 7-5.

Sabalenka broke serve in the opening game of the decider.
She consolidated to lead 2-0.
Sabalenka broke again in game three to lead 3-0.

Zheng Qinwen retrieved one of the breaks in game four and trailed 1-3.
She saved a break point in the next game and held for 2-3.

Wa all saved a break point in game six and held for 4-2.

Sabalenka broke serve in game seven to lead 5-2.
Serving for the match, Sabalenka was broken, and led 5-3.

Serving to stay in the match, Zheng Qinwen was broken and Sabalenka won the match 6-3 5-7 6-3.

Title number 17 for Aryna Sabalenka, and four for 2024, including two Grand Slam trophies.

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