Aryna Sabalenka secured her third straight Wuhan Open title with a hard fought victory over Zheng Qinwen in Sunday’s final.

Sabalenka’s victory also earned her 1000 points in the WTA rankings, meaning she is now just 69 points behind Pole Iga Swiatek in the race to be the year-end No.1, with the WTA Finals in Riyadh likely

WUHAN – Aryna Sabalenka became the first player to win the Wuhan Open three times by defeating local hero Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 in the final on Oct 13. The top seed, who also triumphed at the event in 2018 and 2019, kept her undefeated record in Wuhan intact, improving to a perfect 17-0.

Top seed Aryna Sabalenka had seven aces, 32 winners and shook off a second-set blip against Qinwen Zheng to win the Wuhan Open title for the third straight time.

Aryna Sabalenka credits her recent victory at the Wuhan Open to a key lesson learned from her US Open defeat to Coco Gauff. Sabalenka, who fell to Gauff amidst intense crowd pressure at Flushing Meadows,

Qinwen Zheng was unable to contain her frustration as she lost to Aryna Sabalenka in the Wuhan Open final, with the home favourite involved in an angry exchange with a line judge