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WUHAN, China (AP) — U.S. Open champion Aryna Sabalenka's winning
streak at the Wuhan Open rolled on to 19 matches when she beat
Liudmila Samsonova 6-3, 6-2 Thursday to advance to the
quarterfinals of the WTA 1000-level tournament.
Top-ranked Sabalenka's streak includes winning titles at Wuhan
in 2018, 2019 and 2024.
Earlier, Jessica Pegula recovered from an early service break in
the third set to beat Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 and
also advance to the final eight. Sixth-seeded Pegula, who lost
in the China Open semifinals last week, leveled the deciding set
at 2-2, then won four of the last five games for victory.
The win over No. 9 Alexandrova came a day after Pegula needed
seven match points to beat fellow American Hailey Baptiste in
the second round.
It was Pegula's sixth straight three-set match, and for the
fifth time, she won.
“I can’t remember the last time I played two sets,” Pegula said.
“But I’ve been competing really hard and I’ve been playing a lot
of really good players. It was different conditions today with
the roof closed and I think it took us a little while to get
adjusted.”
In night matches, No. 2 Iga Swiatek was scheduled to play
Belinda Bencic and No. 3 Coco Gauff, coming off a semifinal loss
to eventual champion Amanda Anisimova at the China Open last
week, was due to face Zhang Shuai.
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