Elina Svitolina to Face Sonay Kartal in WTA Wuhan Open Quarter-Final

Svitolina holds a 2-0 head-to-head record against Kartal since 2022.

In her latest matches, Svitolina, seeded fifth, has shown strong performance, winning her last three matches. Notably, she defeated Hanyu Guo in the Round of 16 on October 15 with scores of 6-1, 6-4. Prior to that, she overcame Liudmila Samsonova in the third round on October 14, winning 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. She also had a bye in the second round. In the China Open quarter-final on October 9, she lost to Qinwen Zheng, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7.

Sonay Kartal has also been performing well, winning four of her last five matches. In the Round of 16 at the Wuhan Open, she dispatched Jasmine Paolini with a decisive 6-2, 6-0 victory on October 15. Earlier in the tournament, Kartal triumphed over Belinda Bencic in the third round, 6-0, 7-5, and she defeated Anhelina Kalinina in the second round with a score of 7-5, 6-3. In the China Open, she faced Alina Charaeva, winning 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 in the third round.