Sabalenka and Pegula Beaten in the Round of 32 at the Wuhan Open
Ann Li earned the biggest win of her career after Sabalenka committed 44 unforced errors and saved five match points in the final set.
- On Wednesday, top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka crashed out of the Wuhan Open in the round of 32, falling 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 to unseeded American Ann Li.
- This defeat extends a difficult period for Sabalenka, who lost the world number one ranking to Elena Rybakina last month and suffered a third-round exit at the China Open earlier this month.
- Sabalenka committed 44 unforced errors against Li's 28 during the two-hour, 27-minute match, requiring a medical timeout while trailing 4-1 in the final set before losing on the 10th match point.
- Elsewhere, second-seeded American Jessica Pegula also exited the tournament Wednesday, falling 2-6, 7-6, 6-3 to Jelena Ostapenko in her first match in over a month.
- The four-time Grand Slam champion will finish 2026 without a major title for the first time since 2022, ending a streak after failing to lift a trophy since March.
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The 28-year-old Belarusian woman fell 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) in the second round against the American Ann Li (31st), who needed up to ten game balls to achieve her first victory against Sabalenka, after three previous defeats. World number 2, who wore a bandage on her right knee on Wednesday, came to lead 4-2 the second set, but lost four consecutive games and the second sleeve. The decisive set reached the tie-break, in which Li got ahead 6-3, but…
Writing sports, 14 Oct (EFE).- After having the score against 6-3 and 4-2, and being only two games away from the defeat, the American Ann Li, who had never been able to prevail on Aryna Sabalenka, reacted and returned to the Belarusian, number two of the world, to which she departed from the Wuhan tournament [...] The entry Ann Li surprises, goes back and eliminates Sabalenka was first published in HolaNews.
Aryna Sabalenka floored by unseeded Ann Li in massive Wuhan Open shocker
Unseeded American Ann Li stunned top seed Aryna Sabalenka 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) to knock the Belarusian out of the Wuhan Open in a massive upset. Sabalenka's struggles continued as Li rallied from a set down to claim the biggest win of her career and set up a round-of-16 clash against Janice Tjen.
For the two top-ranked players Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula, the kick-off match of the WTA 1000 tournament in Wuhan came off on Wednesday.
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