VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF WOMEN'S SINGLES SEMI-FINALS AT WUHAN OPEN ARYNA SABALENKA V JESSICA PEGULA COCO GAUFF V JASMINE PAOLINI RESENDING WITH SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT SHOWS: WUHAN, CHINA (OCTOBER 11, 2025) (WTA – see restrictions) JESSICA PEGULA BEATS ARYNA SABALENKA 2-6 6-4 7-6(2) 1. SABALENKA WINS RALLY WITH FOREHAND 2. SABALENKA WINS FIRST SET WITH OVERHEAD SMASH 3. PEGULA WINS POINT WITH BACKHAND TO THE BACK OF THE COURT 4. PEGULA WINS LONG RALLY AND SECOND SET WITH FORELAND/ CROWD APPLAUD 5. SABALENKA HITS A VOLLEY WIDE AS PEGULA GOES A BREAK UP IN FINAL SET/ SABALENKA THROWS RACQUET ON TO FLOOR 6. SABALENKA HITS DROP SHOT TO SAVE MATCH POINT FOR THIRD TIME 7. SABALENKA HITS THE BALL WIDE AS PEGULA WINS THE MATCH/ PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS COCO GAUFF BEATS JASMINE PAOLINI 6-4, 6-3 8. GAUFF WINS LONG RALLY AND BREAK POINT WITH CROSSCOURT FOREHAND 9. PAOLINI HITS BACKHAND WIDE AND GAUFF WINS FIRST SET/ GAUFF CLENCHES FIST IN CELEBRATION 10. PAOLINI HITS FOREHAND WINNER AT 1-0 IN SECOND SET 11. PAOLINI WINS BREAK POINT WITH DROP SHOT AT THE NET 12. GAUFF WINS POINT WITH FOREHAND DOWN THE LINE 13. GAUFF WINS MATCH POINT WITH A VOLLEY AT THE NET/ PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS STORY: World number six Jessica Pegula fought back from 2-5 down in the deciding set to upset top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 2-6 6-4 7-6(2) on Saturday (October 11) and set up a Wuhan Open final against fellow American Coco Gauff. Pegula broke Sabalenka in the third set with the Belarusian serving for the match and again to move 6-5 ahead. The American squandered two match points in the next game as Sabalenka leveled, but Pegula dominated the tiebreak to seal victory after two hours and 20 minutes. French Open champion Coco Gauff defeated Italy's Jasmine Paolini 6-4 6-3 to reach her third WTA 1000 final of the year. The American third seed took the opening set after both players held serve in the first five games before trading five straight breaks. The second set followed a similar pattern as Paolini broke for a 3-2 lead, but Gauff hit straight back in the 11th consecutive game without a service hold. (Production: Simon Ormiston)
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