Elina Svitolina vs Hanyu Guo — Round of 16 — Wuhan Open. Svitolina won 6-1, 6-4.

Fifth seed Elina Svitolina reached the Wuhan Open quarterfinals with a straight-sets win over Hanyu Guo. Guo is ranked WTA No. 240. She reached this round by winning two deciding sets, beating Sorana Cirstea and then Katie Volynets in a third-set tiebreak. Svitolina broke Guo four times in the opening set. Guo's only break came in game 4, cutting the lead to 1-3. The second set was less straightforward. Guo broke in game 5 to lead 3-2 and again in game 7 to lead 4-3, but Svitolina broke straight back both times. She then broke again in game 10, after Guo had saved three match points in that game. Holding serve was difficult for both players. Svitolina held five of eight service games. She won six of her eight return games, while Guo held only twice.