The Wuhan Open is back after a five-year absence – and Aryna Sabalenka will be looking to complete an elongated ‘threepeat’ at the WTA 1000 event.
World No 2 Sabalenka won the title the last two times the tournament was held, defeating Anett Kontaveit in the 2018 final and Alison Riske a year later.
Since then, the tournament has not been held due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the WTA’s shortlived boycott of China.
However, a decade on from the first staging of the tournament, the best in the women’s game will return to the city after a five-year absence.
Now an elite force in the women’s game, three-time Slam champion Sabalenka will fancy her chances of sealing her third title at the WTA 1000 tournament.
However, she will face stiff competition in the form of world No 1Â Iga Swiatek.
The Pole has never played the tournament, being too low-ranked to play in 2019, and makes her tournament debut as the best player in the world – and as a five-time major winner.
