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Sixth-seeded Pegula beat her fellow American 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6)
on her seventh match point to reach the third round.
Pegula, who lost in the China Open semifinals last week, will
next play ninth-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova, who beat American
Ann Li 7-6 (5), 6-2.
No. 3 Coco Gauff, coming off a semifinal loss to eventual
champion Amanda Anisimova at the China Open last week, breezed
into the next round with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Moyuka Uchijima in
51 minutes.
No. 16 Liudmila Samsonova rallied to beat 2020 Australian Open
champion Sofia Kenin 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, and qualifier Kateřina
Siniaková beat Maya Joint 6-3, 6-1.
U.S. Open champion Aryna Sabalenka and 11th-seeded Naomi Osaka
were scheduled to play later Wednesday.
Top-ranked Sabalenka, who took a Greek holiday after her second
consecutive win at Flushing Meadows, withdrew from last week's
China Open, another WTA 1000-level event.
“I feel good,” Sabalenka said on her arrival in Wuhan. “I just
didn’t want to rush my body into the tournament. So I think we
made the right decision to take extra time for recovery and for
the preparation. Physically, I feel ready to go.”
Sabalenka has had an amazing run in Wuhan — her record is 17-0
while winning titles in 2018, 2019 and 2024.
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