Aryna Sabalenka won the WTA 1000 Wuhan Open title for a third year in a row
Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) won the WTA 1000 Wuhan Open title for a third year in a row. The Belarusian tennis player triumphed in the tournament after defeating the Qinwen Zheng (China) by 2-1 (6:3, 5:7, 6:3) and continue with her perfect performance this season, winning the titles at the US Open and Australian Open, as well as WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open.
The match started perfectly for Aryna Sabalenka, who took a lead of 4:2 after a break and closed the set at 6:3, without giving any breakpoint to her opponent. The Chinese tennis player equalized the score after the second set, although this was not so easy. She served for the set at 5:4 in her favor, but Aryna Sabalenka returned the break. However, at 6:5, Qinwen Zheng succeeded to break her opponent and closed the set at 7:5. The fans were exalted, expecting to see the first Chinese champion at the WTA 1000 Wuhan Open.
Aryna Sabalenka made a fantastic start of the third decisive set, recording two breaks and taking a lead of 3:0. Qinwen Zheng returned one of the breaks for 3:1, but Aryna Sabalenka again recorded a break for 5:2 The Belarusian tennis player served for the match, but Qinwen Zheng did not retreat and broke on zero. However, in the ninth game of the set, the Belarusian tennis player broke again and succeeded to close the match from her third match point.
Thus, Aryna Sabalenka defended her title at the WTA 1000 Wuhan Open after triumphing in the tournament also in 2022 and 2023.
