Swiatek, Gauff and Paolini advance at Wuhan Open

VIDEO SHOWS: THIRD ROUND HIGHLIGHTS AT WTA 1000 WUHAN OPEN RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SHOTLIST SHOWS: WUHAN, CHINA (OCTOBER 9, 2025) (WTA/DAZN – See restrictions) BELINDA BENCIC V IGA SWIATEK  FIRST SET 1. RALLY ENDS WITH SWIATEK HITTING AN OVERHEAD WINNER TO  2. SET POINT – SWIATEK TAKES TIEBREAK 7-2 AS BENCIC RETURNS LONG SECOND SET 3. SWIATEK WITH A FOREHAND WINNER AT THE NET 4. MATCH POINT – BENCIC GOES WIDE WITH A BACKHAND, SWIATEK WINS 7-6(2) 6-4 5. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS AT NET, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE 6. SWIATEK WAVING TO CROWD ZHANG SHUAI V COCO GAUFF FIRST SET 7. GAUFF HITS A FOREHAND PAST ZHANG TO SAVE BREAK POINT 8. GAUFF WITH A CROSSCOURT FOREHAND WINNER SECOND SET 9. GAUFF HITS A FOREHAND WINNER 10. MATCH POINT – GAUFF WITH A BACKHAND WINNER THAT LANDS RIGHT ON THE LINE TO WIN 6-3 6-2 11. GRAPHIC SHOWING BALL WAS IN 12. PLAYERS HUGGING OVER THE NET, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE, GAUFF WAVING TO CROWD  JASMINE PAOLINI V CLARA TAUSON FIRST SET 13. SET POINT – TAUSON TAKES SET 6-3 WITH A FOREHAND WINNER SECOND SET 14. PAOLINI BRINGS UP BREAK POINT WITH A BACKHAND WINNER THIRD SET 15. PAOLINI WITH A FOREHAND VOLLEY WINNER 16. PAOLINI BREAKS SERVE AS TAUSON NETS A FOREHAND/ TAUSON RETIRES TRAILING 3-6 6-1 3-1 17. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS AT NET  18. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE, PAOLINI ACKNOWLEDGING CROWD  STORY: Iga Swiatek booked her spot in the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open on Thursday (October 9) with a 7-6(2) 6-4 win over 13th seed Belinda Bencic. The six-time Grand Slam winner did not have it all her way though against former world number four Bencic who has been steadily rising back up the WTA rankings. Since giving birth in 2024, Bencic has lifted silverware in Abu Dhabi this season and reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon before losing to Swiatek.  At the WTA 1000 event in Wuhan, the Polish world number two saw her serve broken twice in the first as Bencic bounced back from a 0-3 deficit to put herself in a position to serve for the set at 5-4.  Swiatek then forced a tiebreak which she comfortably won 7-2 before breaking the Swiss 28-year-old twice in the second set to lock up a last eight tie against Jasmine Paolini. For her part, the seventh seed Italian advanced after her opponent, 10th Dane Clara Tauson, retired with a leg injury trailing 3-6 6-1 3-1.  Third seed Coco Gauff, meanwhile, raced past home hopeful Zhang Shuai in just an hour to become the fifth former champion at the WTA 1000 level in the Wuhan quarters. Despite seeing her serve broken once in each set by the Chinese wild card 15 years her senior, Gauff won 60% of all points to maintain her perfect record against Zhang. The reigning French Open winner faces Germany's Laura Siegemund next.  (Production: Suramya Kaushik, Conal Quinn)

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