All results
- Round of 16Diana Shnaider d. Alexandra Eala7-5 6-4
- Round of 16Iva Jovic d. Jasmine Paolini6-4 6-3
- Round of 16Elena Rybakina d. Polina Kudermetova5-0 Retired
- Round of 16Katarzyna Kawa d. Belinda Bencic7-5 6-2
Diana Shnaider beat Alexandra Eala 7-5 6-4 in the Round of 16 at Ningbo. Shnaider, ranked No. 13, won 61 % of her first-serve points to Eala’s 51 %. Eala, the world No. 20, hit 26 winners to Shnaider’s 27, so the match stayed close in nearly every column.
Iva Jovic beat Jasmine Paolini 6-4 6-3. Jovic, ranked No. 12, won 69 % of her first-serve points and hit 3 aces to Paolini’s 0. Paolini, the world No. 35, converted 3 of 4 break points. Sometimes the smaller number is the one that counts.
Elena Rybakina, the world No. 1, was leading Polina Kudermetova 5-0 when the match ended in a retirement. Rybakina won 100 % of her first-serve points and hit 1 ace.
Katarzyna Kawa, ranked No. 128, beat Belinda Bencic 7-5 6-2. Bencic is the world No. 14. Kawa hit 31 winners to Bencic’s 14 and 5 aces to her 2. The 9 double faults were a footnote on a day when the bigger numbers went her way.
The quarter-finals come next. Jovic plays Shnaider at 10:05 CEST, Sara Bejlek meets Marie Bouzkova at 06:45 CEST, and Leylah Fernandez faces Ekaterina Alexandrova at 08:15 CEST. Rybakina plays Kawa at 13:00 CEST.
