Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka are set for a major showdown in Wuhan after routinely clinching semifinal tickets.
On Friday, the first on the court was the fourth-seeded American, who annihilated world No. 45 Magda Linette 6-0 6-4. Since the 20-year-old won Beijing before coming to Wuhan, she is now on a nine-match winning streak – and if she wins it all this week – she will capture back-to-back WTA 1000 titles for the first time in her career.
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On the other side, the No. 1 seed gave no chance to Magdalena Frech, beating the 27th-ranked Pole 6-2 6-2.Â
When Gauff and Sabalenka meet in Wuhan, the American will try to push her winning run to 10 matches while the Belarusian will aim to stay undefeated at the Chinese tournament. In the past, the 26-year-old won back-to-back Wuhan titles in 2018 and 2019.
Also, this will be their first match since Sabalenka won their Australian Open semifinal earlier this year to improve to 4-3 in their head-to-head.
How Gauff, Sabalenka won their respective Wuhan semifinals?
The 2023 US Open champion stormed past the opening set after breaking Linette three times to complete a bagel. However, it should be noted that the Pole had break points in two separate games in the first set but didn’t convert.
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