Li 0-2 Swiatek: four breaks, zero answers in Wuhan quarterfinal

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Nine service points. That is all Ann Li won on serve in the second set against Iga Swiatek — six games, 1-6, and with it a 0-2 quarterfinal exit in Wuhan on 16 October. Across the match the points read 47 to 66.

The first set was the fight. Li saved three of the four break points she faced and landed the only ace of the match, while Swiatek needed just one conversion from four chances to take it 6-4. Li earned three break points of her own in the set; Swiatek saved them all.

The second set offered no such resistance. Swiatek broke three times from five chances, Li saved only two, and the games ran away, 1-6. Li won four receiving points in the set against Swiatek's fourteen and never saw a break point.

Swiatek's serve did the quiet work: 39 of 54 first serves in, 72 percent, 29 first-serve points won, and a perfect record on the three break points she faced all match. One double fault in two sets, no aces required. She won 38 of her 54 service points; Li managed 31 of 58, on just 60 percent first serves, with two double faults and a 0-for-3 return card.

The semifinal belongs to Swiatek, and the return column explains why: 28 points won against the Li serve, 16 the other way. Five games, nine break points faced on serve, none created after the first set — the arithmetic of a one-sided night.