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Chwalinska and Kartal collide in Wuhan final with perfect runs on the line

Two W-W-W finalists meet at Dongfeng Voyah Center Court with six straight wins between them and no recent head-to-head history.

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Wuhan

Wuhan

TENNIS/Final
Dongfeng Voyah Center CourtWuhan
KICK-OFF10:30SUN18/10
Maja Chwalinska
Maja Chwalinska
VS
Sonay Kartal
Sonay Kartal

Recent form

Maja ChwalinskaWWWMaja Chwalinska: W-W-W in the last 3 games.
Sonay KartalWWWSonay Kartal: W-W-W in the last 3 games.
Iga Swiatek 0-2 Maja ChwalinskaMaja Chwalinska 2-1 Maria SakkariIva Jović 0-2 Maja ChwalinskaSonay Kartal 2-0 Jelena OstapenkoElina Svitolina 1-2 Sonay KartalJasmine Paolini 0-2 Sonay Kartal

A Wuhan final with an unusual twist: Maja Chwalinska and Sonay Kartal arrive at Dongfeng Voyah Center Court on 18 October having won every match they've played this week — three wins apiece, zero losses — with no recent head-to-head history to guide them.

Head to head

Maja Chwalinska's W-W-W run carries real weight: straight-sets wins over Iva Jović and Iga Swiatek, plus a three-setter against Maria Sakkari. Sonay Kartal's path is just as striking — Jasmine Paolini and Jelena Ostapenko dispatched in straight sets, Elina Svitolina taken out in three. Between them they've beaten six opponents in three days; only Svitolina and Sakkari managed to take a set off either finalist.

Watchlist
  • Whether Chwalinska can back up her straight-sets win over Swiatek with another top-level display a day later.
  • Kartal's straight-sets handling of Paolini and Ostapenko — can she add Chwalinska to that list?
  • The opening games, with no head-to-head history to shape either player's tactics.

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