Elina Svitolina vs Sonay Kartal — Quarterfinal — Wuhan Open. Kartal won 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.

Sonay Kartal, ranked 129th, is through to the Wuhan Open semifinals after a three-set quarterfinal win over fifth seed Elina Svitolina. The betting market had Svitolina as a 63 percent favorite. She had also won both of their meetings on record, most recently a quarterfinal at the ASB Classic in January that was settled in a final-set tiebreak. This is Kartal's first win over her on record. Kartal was already having a strong week in Wuhan, with straight-set wins over Belinda Bencic and Jasmine Paolini. Paolini won only two games. Kartal controlled the first set, breaking in the second and eighth games while Svitolina hit one winner and made 12 unforced errors. Svitolina took the second set the same way. She broke in the first game and again in the fifth for 4-1, and she faced just one break point. In the deciding set, Svitolina hit 14 winners to Kartal's two. She also made 14 unforced errors and never earned a break point. Kartal won 73 percent of her first-serve points in the set. Over the whole match she converted three of seven break points, while Svitolina converted two of seven. The margin was small. In 2 hours and 3 minutes, Kartal won 78 points and Svitolina won 76.