Maja Chwalinska vs Maria Sakkari — Quarterfinal — Wuhan Open. Chwalinska won 6-0, 3-6, 7-5.

Maja Chwalinska is into the Wuhan Open semifinals after beating Maria Sakkari in three sets. The match was decided by a break in its final game. Chwalinska, a 25-year-old Pole, started the season at WTA No. 146 and came into Wuhan ranked 21st and seeded 16th. The betting market had Sakkari as a narrow favorite at 55 percent. Chwalinska won the first set without losing a game. She broke in the first, third and fifth games while Sakkari made 12 unforced errors. Sakkari then broke in the second game of the second set, her only break of the match, and held on to level it. She hit 16 winners in that set. Neither player broke in the third set until the 12th game. Chwalinska had converted none of her first five break points in the set. She took her sixth to close out the set 7-5. Across the match she lost serve once in 13 service games and won all six of her net points. Sakkari hit more winners, 37 to 25, but also made 35 unforced errors to Chwalinska's 23. This is Chwalinska's second three-set win in Wuhan. In the round of 32 she lost the first set to Marie Bouzkova and then won the next two.