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26 September 2018, 16:26

Sabalenka advances to 2018 Wuhan Open quarterfinal

MINSK, 26 September (BelTA) – Belarus' world number 20 Aryna Sabalenka has reached the quarterfinal of the 2018 Wuhan Open in China, BelTA has learned.

In the round of Last 16 the Belarusian defeated U.S. world number 62 Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-3. On the way to the quarterfinal Aryna Sabalenka beat Spain's world number 22 Carla Suarez Navarro 7-6, 2-6, 6-2 and World No.6 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-4, 2-6, 6-1. The Belarusian will next play either Russia's world number 13 Darya Kasatkina or Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova, the world number 31.

Lidziya Marozava of Belarus and Japan's Shuko Aoyama reached the women's doubles quarterfinal.

At the tournament in Tashkent Belarus' Vera Lapko, the world number 64 saw off Serbia's world number 194 Ivana Jorovic 6-2, 6-4 in the round of Last 16.

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