Ann Li upsets top-seeded Sabalenka at Wuhan Open

Ann Li defeated top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) on Wednesday at the Wuhan Open, marking the biggest win of her career. The American rallied from a set down and converted her 10th match point in a dramatic three-set encounter that lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes. Sabalenka, the three-time Wuhan champion seeking a fourth title, trailed 2-5 in the final set but saved seven match points total before Li sealed victory with a forehand winner in the tiebreak. This was Li's first victory over Sabalenka in four WTA Tour meetings and her third career Top 10 win. Li advanced to the third round of a WTA 1000 event for the fourth consecutive time and will face Janice Tjen in the Round of 16.

Second-seeded Jessica Pegula, the 2025 Wuhan runner-up, was also eliminated on Wednesday, losing to Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-3. Ostapenko won a tight second-set tiebreak and dominated the third set to advance. China's Guo Hanyu reached the Round of 16 of a WTA 1000 event for the first time, defeating American Katie Volynets 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3) in a three-set match. Guo will next face fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the Round of 16. In other Round of 16 results, seventh-seeded Iga Swiatek defeated Magdalena Frech in straight sets, 10th-seeded Iva Jovic of the United States beat Dayana Yastremska 6-4, 6-1, and Sonay Kartal of Britain defeated ninth-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-0, 7-5. China's Shi Han lost to Canada's Leylah Fernandez 6-3, 6-4.