Caty McNally vs Yuliia Starodubtseva — Round of 64 — Wuhan Open. McNally won 2-6, 7-6, 6-4.

Qualifier Caty McNally is through to the Wuhan Open round of 32. She came from a set down to beat Yuliia Starodubtseva in 2 hours, 55 minutes. McNally is ranked WTA No. 72 and Starodubtseva No. 45, but the betting market had McNally as a slight favorite at 59 percent. Starodubtseva won the opening set 6-2. She converted three of her four break points in that set and hit eight winners to McNally's one. In the second set, McNally broke twice to lead 3-1. Starodubtseva broke back in game 9 to get within 5-4, but McNally won the tiebreak 7-2. This time Starodubtseva made the early move in the deciding set, breaking twice to lead 3-1. McNally broke back in game 7 and broke again in game 9 for 5-4, then served out the match. Starodubtseva made 20 unforced errors in that set, while McNally made 12. Over the full match, very little separated them. McNally won 105 of 206 points, and each player had 13 break-point chances. Starodubtseva converted seven and McNally six. Starodubtseva did much better on second serve, winning 56 percent of those points to McNally's 40 percent. McNally was the stronger returner against first serves, winning 45 percent of those points to Starodubtseva's 34 percent. Next up for McNally is Karolina Muchova, who was WTA No. 8 at the time of this match.