Aryna Sabalenka turned the primary participant to win the Wuhan Open 3 times with a hard-fought win over Zheng Qinwen in Sunday’s remaining.
The 26-year-old Belarusian was taken to a few units by China’s Zheng in an exhilarating rematch of this 12 months’s Australian Open remaining, by which she additionally claimed victory.
Sabalenka clinched her fourth ladies’s singles title of the 12 months 6-3 5-7 6-3 and stays undefeated in Wuhan.
“That sounds loopy,” she mentioned. “This place positively seems like house.
“I’m fairly certain we’re going to play many extra finals towards each other.”
Prime seed Sabalenka took the opening set in simply 38 minutes, however Zheng mounted her comeback in a gripping second to drive a decider.
There, Zheng discovered herself 3-0 down, and whereas she pulled two video games again, misplaced her serve once more as Sabalenka broke for a 5-2 lead.
The world quantity two did not serve out the match as Zheng broke again to like, however lastly wrapped up her seventeenth profession title on her third championship level.
Reigning Olympic gold medallist Zheng, who turned the primary Chinese language participant to achieve a WTA 1000 remaining, has now misplaced all 4 of her conferences towards the three-time Grand Slam champion.
“Subsequent time I might be higher,” she mentioned.
Sabalenka is now unbeaten in 17 consecutive matches in Wuhan, breaking Petra Kvitova’s report for essentially the most on the event.
The win provides to a profitable 12 months by which she received each the Australian Open and US Open and appeared in seven singles finals.