Siniakova causes early upset in Wuhan as Alexandrova hits top form

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WTA WUHAN OPEN ROUND OF 64 RESENDING WITH FULL SCRIPT AND SHOTLIST  SHOWS: STORY: The Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova scored 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 Monday. No. 9 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia beat Victoria Mboko of Canada 6-3, 6-2 and No. 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, No. 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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