VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WTA WUHAN OPEN ROUND OF 64 RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: WUHAN, CHINA (OCTOBER 6, 2025) WTA / DAZN – See restrictions before use) DIANA SHNAIDER v KATERINA SINIAKOVA 1. PLAYERS AT NET BEFORE MATCH FIRST SET 2. SINIAKOVA WINNING POINT WITH OVERHEAD SHOT AT NET 3. SINIAKOVA WINNING POINT AND SET WITH BACKHAND CROSSCOURT WINNER SECOND SET 4. SINIAKOVA WINNING POINT WITH RUNNING FOREHAND WINNER 5. MATCH POINT – SINIAKOVA WINNING POINT AND MATCH AS SHNAIDER HITS FOREHAND LONG SINIAKOVA WINS 6-4 6-4 6. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS EMBRACING AT NET / SINIAKOVA CELEBRATING MOYUKA UCHIJIMA v XINYU WANG 7. PLAYERS AT NET BEFORE MATCH FIRST SET 8. UCHIJIMA WINNING POINT WITH PASSING SHOT SECOND SET 9. WANG WINNING POINT WITH FOREHAND WINNER 10. UCHIJIMA WINNING POINT WITH FOREHAND WINNER 11. MATCH POINT – UCHIJIMA WINNING POINT AND MATCH AS WANG HITS NET WITH BACKHAND UCHIJIMA WINS 6-4 7-6(3) 12. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS EMBRACING AT NET / UCHIJIMA CELEBRATING EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA v VICTORIA MBOKO 13. PLAYERS AT NET BEFORE MATCH FIRST SET 14. ALEXANDROVA WINNING POINT WITH RUNNING FOREHAND 15. ALEXANDROVA WINNING POINT AND SET AS MBOKO HITS RETURN OF SERVE INTO NET SECOND SET 16. ALEXANDROVA WINNING POINT WITH FOREHAND WINNER 17. MATCH POINT – ALEXANDROVA WINNING POINT AND MATCH WITH ACE ALEXANDROVA WINS 6-3 6-2 18. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS EMBRACING AT NET / ALEXANDROVA CELEBRATING STORY: The Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova secured the first upset of the Wuhan Open on Monday with a 6-4 6-4 victory over 15th-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia. Siniakova, who entered the tournament as a qualifier, converted four of five break chances to advance to the second round of the final WTA 1000 tournament of 2025. Siniakova will face Australia's Maya Joint, who held off China's Lin Zhu 7-5 7-6(10). Joint fought off a set point trailing 10-9 in the tiebreak before finishing the match in just over two hours. Only two other matches featured seeded players on Monday. Number 9 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia beat Victoria Mboko of Canada 6-3 6-2 and number 10 Clara Tauson of Denmark ousted Olga Danilovic of Serbia 6-3, 7-5. Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro defeated France's Varvara Gracheva 7-6(0) 6-2 to set up a second-round match with American Iva Jovic. Hailey Baptiste rallied to beat fellow American Ashlyn Krueger 2-6 6-4 6-2. Awaiting her in the second round is another compatriot, number 6 seed Jessica Pegula. Croatia's Antonio Ruzic was a 6-2 6-3 winner against Poland's Magda Linette. China's Yuan Yue edged Italy's Lucia Bronzetti 7-6(2) 7-6(1). Japan's Moyuka Uchijima eliminated China's Xinyu Wang 6-4 7-6(3). Belgium's Elise Mertens won 7-6(5) 6-3 over Russia's Polina Kudermetova. Czech Marie Bouzkova took down Colombia's Camila Osorio 6-3 6-4. Germany's Laura Siegemund was leading 7-5 4-6 4-1 when Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska was forced to retire. (Production: Oliver Regan)
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