Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka played against her principal rival, the eighth racket of the planet Kiki Bertens from the Netherlands. Before that, the Dutch female tennis player had won four times. But not this time. The Belarusian was stronger 6:1, 7:6, and came out to the 1/4 of the tournament.
Sabalenka 's next rival is Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan. Last year Aryna won the tournament in Wuhan. She's gonna have another fight tonight. Together with Belgian Elise Mertens, she will fight for the quarterfinals of the doubles.