As the 2024 Wuhan Open progresses, Day 6 is set to feature the women's semi-finals with Aryna Sabalenka, X Wang and Coco Gauff eying for final spots. The fourth semi-final spot will be decided by the winner of the match between W Zheng and J. Paolini. Top seed Sabalenka, who faced a tough match against Yulia Putintseva previously, defeated Magdalena Frech comfortanly who has had a strong tournament with wins over Emma Navarro and Beatriz Haddad Maia. Meanwhile, Coco Gauff, the China Open champion, continues her impressive run, not having dropped a set so far. She will compete for the podium.
Other notable matches include Ekaterina Alexandrova facing local favorite Wang Xinyu, who recently defeated second seed Jessica Pegula, and Zheng Qinwen going against Jasmine Paolini. In doubles, top seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe will play against Anna Danilina and Irina Khromacheva.
Day 5 Match Schedule
Center Court
8:30 a.m. (CST): Coco Gauff vs. Magda Linette
Following: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Wang Xinyu
Following: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Magdalena Frech
Following: Zheng Qinwen vs. Jasmine Paolini
Following: Dabrowski/Routliffe vs. Danilina/Khromacheva
Court 1
10:00 a.m. (CST): Chan Hao-ching/Kudermetova vs. Pegula/Muhammad
Following: Fernandez/Sutjiadi vs. Melichar-Martinez/Perez
Following: Alexandrova/Siniakova vs. Nicholls/Mihalíková
Broadcast Information
Viewers in various countries can catch the action on the following channels:
USA: Tennis Channel
Canada*: DAZN
UK: Sky Sports
Australia: beIN Sports
India: Tennis TV
Match Timings by Country
US/Canada: Oct 10, 8:30 p.m. ET
UK: Oct 11, 1:30 a.m. BST
Australia: Oct 11, 11:30 a.m. ACT
India: Oct 11, 6:00 a.m. IST
Sabalenka to Face Gauff
Grand Slam champions Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff will meet for first time since January's Australian Open in the semi-finals in Wuhan. Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff will play each other in Saturday's semi-finals at the Wuhan Open in China after comfortable straight-set wins in their respective quarter-finals. Sabalenka is ranked World No1 and Gauff is No 4-ranked. The winner of this game will face either Wang Xinyu or Qinwen Zheng/Jasmine Paolini.
Gauff claimed her eighth WTA win in a row and 50th of the year with a 6-0 6-4 triumph over Poland's Magda Linette while Sabalenka later cruised through to her third successive Wuhan semi-final by beating Polish opponent Magdalena Frech 6-2 6-2.
