The Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open 2025 is the last WTA 1000 of the season, and it is underway on Monday and had the China Open Champion, Amanda Anisimova, who lost the China Open Champion, Amanda Anisimova, a day after the trophy in Beijing in Beijing.
The truth is that I hit a wall and cannot continue. I need a break. A break of the monotonous daily grind of life on the tour, the suitcases, the results, the pressure, the same faces (sorry, girls), everything that belongs to this life. The schedule is too much, mentally and emotional, I am at the breaking point and unfortunately I am not alone. Daria Kasatkina
The World No 4, which qualified for the WTA final of the year in Riyad last week, was not 100% suitable in Beijing, after she had extracted one of her wisdom teeth just before the China open, and experienced pain in her foot and calf after winning her opening round match about the British Katie Boulter.
However, she persisted, but played by a series of hard-fought matches, including a horror of title defender Coco Gauff in the semi-final, before landing the title with a tense 3-setter against Linda Noskova.
“I was in pain in my foot and more in the third round in my calf,” the 2-way Grand Slam finalist told reporters after the China Open final. “I think it was clear in one of the matches where I was in pain. I just hurt all day when I walked. I still have a little pain, but it is nothing serious. It is just annoying pain and pains.
“The good, at the end of the day is that it is nothing that would limit me or prevent me, to keep playing for the rest of the season.”
Anisimova is still planned to play the Aux · Ningbo, which starts next week.
Daria Kasatkina has struggled on tour lately and ended her season early, unable to continue to defend her title on the Ningbo open next week
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Also absent in Wuhan is Australian Daria Kasatkina, born in Russia, who ends the season early because of her mental well -being after touching ‘breaking point’ on tour.
On 19 ranked, Kasatkina, a French open semi-finalist in 2022, announced on Monday that she was left by the constant journey that is required by the Tour schedule, a stressful process of getting permanent residence in Australia and not being able to see her parents.
“The truth is that I hit a wall and cannot continue. I need a break,” Kasatkina wrote on Instagram. “A break of the monotonous daily grind of life on the tour, the suitcases, the results, the pressure, the same faces (sorry, girls), everything that belongs to this life.
“The schedule is too much, mentally and emotional, I am at the breaking point and unfortunately I am not alone.”
Kasatkina who is the newest player who chooses to end their seasons early for extra rest, after Elina Svitolina and Beatriz Haddad Maia added that she was planning to return in 2026 ‘energetic and ready to rock’.
The last game of the Aussie Nr.
9th Seed Ekaterina Alexandrova came out in Wuhan on Monday evening with a straight sets victory over the 19-year-old Victoria Mboko
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In the meantime, the 1st round action in Wuhan Ekaterina Alexandrova, the 9th seed from Russia, the 19-year-old Canadian, Victoria Mboko, 6-3 6-2, saw in a match that turned out to be less competitive than the Scoreline suggests.
“I really enjoy my time here,” said Alexandrova after the game. “I would like to do my best to stay as long as possible. I don’t know how long that can be, but I don’t know, I really like it here.”
She also thanked the fans who remained the local time from 11 p.m. to see the competition, despite the current Middumnestivalvieringen.
“I really appreciate that you stayed here tonight,” she said. “Thank you very much guys, and a happy Midden-Autumn festival for all of you.”
The 30-year-old won the first 5 games and served for the opening set on 5-1, before Mboko broke to limit the gap, but Alexandrova regrouped, squeezed the rally in the bud and immediately closed the set in her next service game.
In the second, Alexandrova again jumped to a 5-1 lead and this time it was able to close the deal about her first chance to serve the game with an ace that brought her to the 2nd round in Wuhan.
While the victory marked only her 4th opening match victory in 9 WTA 1000 events this season, it was also her 5th victory in her last 6 games against WTA 1000 champions at this level, dating from her upset by Iga Swiatek in Miami last year.
For Mboko, after winning the Canadian Open at home in Montréal, she has since lost 3 consecutive games on tours.
The only other seed in action on Monday was not 10 seed Clara Tauson from Denmark, who defeated Serbia, 6-3 7-5, 6-3 7-5 in just under 2 hours of Serbia.
Tauson will meet Antonia Ruzic in the 2nd round after the Croatian qualification qualification Magda Linette made Van Streek, 6-2 6-3.
Qualification Katerina Siniakova Streek Diana Shnaider, the 15th Seed, in the 1st Tour of the Wuhan Open on Monday
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Katerina Siniakova from the Czech Republic became the first player to eliminate a seed in Wuhan and no. 15 Seed Diana Shnider from Russia, 6-4 6-4, in one hour and 32 minutes earlier in the day.
With the victory, the Doubles specialist earned her 4th Top 20 victory of 2025, after he had gone through the qualification to reach the main table, and she will then be confronted with Rising Star Maya Joint of Australia in round 2.
The 19-year-old Aussie survived home favorite Zhu Lin, 7-5 7-6 (10), in a competition that was emphasized by the second set of Tiebreeak of the marathon.
Zhu, arranged 215, played tennis in home ground and took leads in both sets, while she saved 4 match points and held 1 set point in the breaker, but eventually she fell at the 5th match point with which she was confronted.
Chinese players took 1-2 on the first round action on day 1, while a 3rd, Wang Xiyu, rather in the day in the last qualifying round and fell from Japan to Moyuka Uchijima.
Uchijima followed it with a first round victory over Chinese, 2024 semi-finalist Wang Xinyu, 6-4 7-6 (3), and will, the 3rd placed American, next.
Yuan Yue was the only Chinese who won, past Lucia Bronzetti, 7-6 (2) 7-6 (2), and she will be confronted with another Italian, Jasmine Paolini, the 7th seed, in the 2nd round.
Hailey Baptiste gathered from a set to defeat fellow American Ashlyn Kroegerer, 2-6 6-4 6-2, to book a 2nd round meeting with another countryman, no. 6 Seed Jessica Pegula, who received an opening of bye.
Marie Bouzkova defeated Wild-Card Camila Osorio and meets 2nd placed Iga Swiatek in round 2.
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On other day 1 results, Jessica Bouzas Maleiro from Spain defeated the French qualifying match Varvara Gracheva, 7-6 (0) 6-2, to prepare a meeting with the American IVA Jovic, who received the day after the removal of Anisimova; While Laura Siegemund improved when Dayana Yastremska from Ukraine withdrew with the score on 7-5 4-6, 4-1 in favor of the German, who is now continuing to meet Mirra Andreeva, the 5th seed from Russia.
Czech Marie Bouzkova was a 6-3 6-4 winner against Colombian Wildcard Camila Osorio and meets 2nd placed Swiatek from Poland in round 2.
Also through Elise Mertens after the Belgian found her way along the Russian qualification Polina Kudermetova, 7-6 (5) 6-3, and waits for the winner between 13th Seed Belinda Bencic from Switzerland and Donna Vekic, a Croatian wildcard.
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