In the Sunday final, Aryna Sabalenka defeated Zheng Qinwen after a fierce battle to become the first player to win the Wuhan Open three times.
China’s Zheng took the 26-year-old Belarusian to three sets in an exciting repeat of the Australian Open final this year, which she also won.
With a 6-3 5-7 6-3 victory, Sabalenka secured her fourth women’s singles title of the year and is still unbeaten in Wuhan.
She remarked, “That sounds crazy.” “It feels very much like home here.
“I am pretty sure we are going to play many more finals against one another.”
first place In just 38 minutes, Sabalenka won the first set, but Zheng rallied in a thrilling second to force a deciding.
Zheng was trailing 3-0 there, and
Zheng returned to love when the world number two failed to serve out the match, but on her third championship point, she was able to secure her 17th career triumph.
As of right now, Zheng, the reigning Olympic gold medallist and the first Chinese woman to make it to a WTA 1000 final, has dropped all four of her matches against the three-time Grand Slam winner.
She promised to do better the next time.
Sabalenka has now gone 17 games without a loss in Wuhan, surpassing Petra Kvitova’s record for the most in the competition.
She had a great year, winning the Australian and US Opens in addition to making seven appearances in singles finals.
