Sloane Stephens broke her Asian Swing hex at the China Open on Sunday, recovering from a one-set deficit to defeat Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-4.
"I'm super happy to be through," Stephens said after the match. "It was a tough match against a tough opponent."
BEIJING, China
Defending champion Caroline Garcia needed over three hours to outlast Wang Yafan in a titanic opener at the China Open on Sunday, eventually winning 7-6(10), 6-7(4), 6-3 to move into the second round.
BEIJING, China
Angelique Kerber made an emphatic start to her campaign at the China Open on Sunday, surrendering just four games in a first round victory over Kristina Mladenovic.
The Wimbledon champion needed just 71 minutes to pull off a 6-2, 6-2 victory and move safely through to the second round at the final Premier Mandatory event of the season.
Simona Halep was forced to retire from her first round match at the China Open after the first set against Ons Jabeur due to a continuing back injury.
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan
The resurgent Margarita Gasparyan capped off her comeback week at the Tashkent Open in perfect style, outplaying qualifier Anastasia Potapova 6-1, 6-2 in an all-Russian contest to claim her second career WTA title.
WUHAN, China
The irresistible rise of Aryna Sabalenka continued as she collected her second title in as many months, and biggest to date, at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open with a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Anett Kontaveit in the tournament's second straight all-unseeded final.
BEIJING, China
From a 6-0, 4-1 deficit, Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic pulled off the first big stunner of the China Open in just the third completed main draw match on Saturday, upsetting No.6 seed Elina Svitolina, 0-6, 6-4, 7-6(4)
BEIJING, China
Daria Gavrilova scored her second victory over a Grand Slam champion in as many weeks on Saturday, as she defeated No.5 seed Petra Kvitova in the first round of the China Open, 6-2, 6-1.
LEVEL: Premier Mandatory
CITY: BEIJING
COUNTRY: CHINA
TOTAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENT: $8,285,274
DATE: Sep 29 Oct 7, 2018
SURFACE: Hard
SINGLES DRAW SIZE: 64
DOUBLES DRAW SIZE: 32
WUHAN, China
Katerina Siniakova scored her second major upset in as many days at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open on Wednesday, knocking out former runner-up Garbiñe Muguruza in straight sets, 7-6(3), 7-6(1).
WUHAN, China
2017 runner-up Ashleigh Barty returned to the quarterfinals at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open on Wednesday with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber.
WUHAN, China
Dominika Cibulkova has knocked out her second consecutive seed at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open, dictating off the ground to defeat No.13 seed Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 7-6(3) in one hour and 43 minutes and progress to her first quarterfinal since Wimbledon.
