Jelena Ostapenko vs Jessica Pegula — Round of 32 — Wuhan Open. Ostapenko won 2-6, 7-6, 6-3.

Jelena Ostapenko saved three match points and beat second seed Jessica Pegula in the Wuhan Open round of 32. She came from a set down in a match that lasted 2 hours 21 minutes. Ostapenko came in at WTA No. 32, and the betting market gave Pegula a 70% chance of winning. Pegula had also won two of their three meetings on record, most recently in three sets at Indian Wells in March. Pegula controlled the first set. She broke in the first and fifth games and made only two unforced errors. Ostapenko made 11 and won just 46% of her first-serve points. In the second set, Pegula broke for 3-2 and again for 4-3, and Ostapenko broke straight back both times. All three of Pegula's match points came in this set. Ostapenko saved them all and won the tiebreak 9-7. She hit 21 winners in the set, along with 18 unforced errors and five double faults. Ostapenko broke in the third and seventh games of the deciding set to lead 5-2. Pegula broke back, but Ostapenko broke again in the next game to win the match. That was her fifth break from seven chances. Across the match, she won 63% of the points on Pegula's second serve. Ostapenko will face Leylah Fernandez, ranked WTA No. 26, in the next round.