Tennis: Poland’s Linette breezes into Wuhan Open quarterfinals

Poland’s Magda Linette has stormed into the quarterfinals of the Wuhan Open tennis tournament in China, with a straight-set win on Thursday over Russian Daria Kasatkina.

Magda Linette

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Linette, who is ranked world No. 45 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), defeated the eighth-seeded Russian player 6-2, 6-3 in the round of 16, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.

🇵🇱 MAGDA LINETTE W ĆWIERĆFINALE!🎾

Polka efektownie pokonała Darię Kasatkinę 6:2, 6:3. O półfinał WTA 1000 w Wuhan powalczy z Coco Gauff.#WuhanOpen https://t.co/ZFLUfl5ZWD

— SPORT | PolskieRadio24.pl (@sport_pr24pl) October 10, 2024

The 32-year-old Pole will next face American Coco Gauff for a place in the last four.

Meanwhile, Poland’s Magdalena Fręch is set to face ninth-seeded Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia in the round of 16 later on Thursday.

Poland's world No. 1 Iga Świątek has withdrawn from the hard-court tournament in Wuhan due to fatigue and personal reasons, Polish state news agency PAP reported.

The 2024 Wuhan Open runs until October 13.

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Source: IAR, PAP